jimineep <jamesrperkins <at> hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I want to create variable on the fly: for example
>
> for (i in 1:10) {
> cat(paste("VAR",i,sep=""))
> }
> Will print VAR1, VAR2 etc up to VAR10. However I want to make these into
> variables, and then give them a value, for example:
>
> vect = c(10:20)
>
> for (i in 1:10) {
> cat(paste("VAR",i,sep="")) = vect[i]
> }
>
This is almost a candidate for a FAQ: see
http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=tips:data-misc:create_var_names
for the answer ("assign") and some reasons why it might be better to use lists
instead.
Ben Bolker
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