> On Jul 11, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Matthew <mccorm...@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> I want to get a value that has been assigned to a variable, and then use that
> value to be the name of a variable.
>
> For example,
>
> tTargTFS[1,1]
> # returns:
> V1
> "AT1G01010"
>
> Now, I want to make AT1G01010 the name of a variable:
> AT1G01010 <- tTargTFS[-1,1]
>
> Then, go to the next tTargTFS[1,2]. Which produces
> V1
> "AT1G01030"
> And then,
> AT1G01030 <- tTargTFS[-1,2]
>
> I want to do this up to tTargTFS[1, 2666], so I want to do this in a script
> and not manually.
> tTargTFS is a list of 2: chr [1:265, 1:2666], but I also have the data in a
> data frame of 265 observations of 2666 variables, if this data structure
> makes things easier.
>
> My initial attempts are not working. Starting with a test data structure that
> is a little simpler I have tried:
> for (i in 1:4)
> { ATG <- tTargTFS[1, i]
> assign(cat(ATG), tTargTFS[-1, i]) }
Your efforts will come to naught (or more prezactly... NULL) when you use
`cat` as a value. You are essentially doing the R equivalent of answering the
question about the sound of one hand clapping.
--
David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA
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