The only people who should use the assign function are those who fully understand why you should never use the assign function.
If you tell us where the string is coming from and what you are trying to accomplish, then maybe we can help you accomplish it in a better way. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Smith > Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 4:57 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Remove all spaces from a string so it can be used by > assign() > > > Hi > > I have a string "56 Fe [1]" that I would like to use as a variable name > by using "assign" however I think the spaces and brackets might be > causing R some trouble. > > How can I change the string so that it just becomes 56Fe1 and can be > used as a variable name. > > > Thank You > > Kurt > > _________________________________________________________________ > > [[elided Hotmail spam]] > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
