> p="v=" > q=5 > eval(parse(text=paste(p,q,sep=""))) > > ... then the value of v is 5, OK. > > but I can't with strings, for example: > > p="v=" > q="hello friend" > eval(parse(text=paste(p,q,sep=""))) > > ...... error
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