Re: [R] translating a character string

2011-10-18 Thread Rolf Turner
On 19/10/11 13:57, Erin Hodgess wrote: Dear R People: Suppose I have the following character string: f1 [1] "(1/30)*(20-x)" My goal is to end up with y<- (1/30)*(20-x) How would I do this, please? I've been experimenting with eval, but no good so far. As usual, I have the feeling that th

[R] translating a character string

2011-10-18 Thread Erin Hodgess
Dear R People: Suppose I have the following character string: > f1 [1] "(1/30)*(20-x)" My goal is to end up with y <- (1/30)*(20-x) How would I do this, please? I've been experimenting with eval, but no good so far. As usual, I have the feeling that this is something really simple, but I can