Re: [R] Reference variables by string in for loop

2011-04-29 Thread Michael Bach
Kenn Konstabel writes: > Another way (not elegant but better and shorter than the eval-parse > way) is to use get. ?get This one is handy for interactive use, thanks for the hint. Kind Regards, Michael Bach __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https:

Re: [R] Reference variables by string in for loop

2011-04-29 Thread Michael Bach
"Nick Sabbe" writes: > ObjectsOfInterest<- list(one_df, two_df, three_df) > for(namedf in ObjectsOfInterest){...} I see. This is also more readable and traceable for others. > or probably even better > sapply(ObjectsOfInterest, function(namedf){...}) I like this one for its functional style.

Re: [R] Reference variables by string in for loop

2011-04-29 Thread Nick Sabbe
Hi Michael. This is a classic :-) ObjectsOfInterest<- list(one_df, two_df, three_df) for(namedf in ObjectsOfInterest){...} or probably even better sapply(ObjectsOfInterest, function(namedf){...}) hth. Nick Sabbe -- ping: nick.sa...@ugent.be link: http://biomath.ugent.be wink: A1.056, Coupure L

Re: [R] Reference variables by string in for loop

2011-04-29 Thread Kenn Konstabel
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Michael Bach wrote: > Dear R Users, > > I am trying to get the following to work better: > > namevec <- c("one", "two", "three") > for (name in namevec) { >    namedf <- eval(parse(text=paste(name, "_df", sep=""))) >    ... >    ... > } > > The rationale behind it