On 13/10/2009, at 9:14 AM, Maxwell Reback wrote:
Hi all. I'd like to define an object within a function based on an
argument to that function.
Specifically, I've got:
do.something<-function(input){
id<-substring(input,3,3)
j<-list1
if(id==2)j<-list2
if(id==3)j<-list3
if(id==4)j<-list4
...}
Instead of all these if() arguments, I was hoping to use something
like:
j<-paste("list",substring(input,3,3),sep="")
but this just assigns j the value of "listx" of _character_ mode,
instead of the actual object 'listx'.
Is there any way to get around this?
Thanks.
?get
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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