[R] list to data frame

2011-04-10 Thread Franklin Tamborello II
I need to make a data frame out of the data that I currently have in a list. This works, but is ugly: ineffData<-rbind(ineffFilesList[[1]], ineffFilesList[[2]], ineffFilesList[[3]], ineffFilesList[[4]], ineffFilesList[[5]], ineffFilesList[[6]], ineffFilesList[[7]], ineffFilesList[[8]], ineffFile

[R] replace an expression with its value, or read macros

2011-04-07 Thread Franklin Tamborello II
I know my subject line seems odd, but I want to replace an expression—such as a variable—with its value. For example, I want to paste() some strings together, assign the result to a variable s, then use the value of s as a variable to hold another value. Something like this: import_subjects <-