Yes. attach() was what I was needing.
Thanks to all those who replied. Patrick -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Johannes Huesing Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:18 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Separating variables in read.table Richardson, Patrick <patrick.richard...@vai.org> [Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 09:31:35PM CEST]: > If I have a table (we'll call it, "test") containing seven columns (as below): > > i x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 y > 0 1.125 0.232 7.160 0.0859 8.905 1.5563 > 7 0.920 0.268 8.804 0.0865 7.388 0.8976 > 15 0.835 0.271 8.108 0.0852 5.348 0.7482 > 22 1.000 0.237 6.370 0.0838 8.056 0.7160 > 29 1.150 0.192 6.441 0.0821 6.960 0.3130 > 37 0.990 0.202 5.154 0.0792 5.690 0.3617 > 44 0.840 0.184 5.896 0.0812 6.932 0.1139 > 58 0.650 0.200 5.336 0.0806 5.400 0.1139 > > > Is there a simple command to break this table into individual variables > without having to code: > > i <- test$i > x1 <- test$x1 > x2 <- test$x2 ?attach Does this do what you want? -- Johannes Hüsing There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture mailto:johan...@huesing.name from such a trifling investment of fact. http://derwisch.wikidot.com (Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi") ______________________________________________ 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. This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient(s) please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. ______________________________________________ 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.
