> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Xing Yuan > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:37 PM > To: Simon Blomberg > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Convert text into a variable name > > Thanks for the reply, Simon! > > I just want to name a object as the text string. So I have > "AGE" then how > can I do > > somecommand("AGE") = 39 > > then I should have > > AGE = 39 in my data set. > > > Joe > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Simon Blomberg > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > ?assign > > > > On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 00:03 -0500, Xing Yuan wrote: > > > Hello R users, > > > > > > Does anybody know what command I should use to convert > the text string > > "AGE" > > > to be variable name AGE so I can assign value to it > > > e.g. AGE = 39? > > > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > Joe
Simon gave you the answer. The command is the function assign(). Type ?assign at the R console prompt to read about the function. Dan Daniel Nordlund Bothell, WA USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
