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. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Creating-object-referant-from-argument-name-tp25861902p25861902.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.