Seems like get() is what you are looking for; e.g., try dim(get("a")), names(get("a")), etc.
HTH, Andy > From: Sixten Borg > > Hello, > > I have trouble converting a character string to a R object. > Let me describe this by an example; > > > dim(a) > [1] 270 14 > > dim("a") > NULL > > > names(a) > [1] "Var1" "Var2" "Var3" "Var4" "Var5" "Var6" "Var7" > "Var8" "Var9" > [10] "Var10" "Var11" "Var12" "Var13" "Var14" > > names("a") > NULL > > I realise that the character string lacks both a dimension > and any column names; my question is how to make R understand > that I look for the object a when I write "a". > > Like a type cast in C; (R data.frame) "a" for those > familiar with C. > > The underlying reason for this is that I am writing a script > that imports several datasets. The file names of the datasets > contain the '_' character which forces me to construct a > valid dataset name for each file. Although I can do this by > hand, I would like to know if there is any solution to my > first approach. > > Thanks in advance, > Sixten > > > Sixten Borg > > IHE > Box 2127 > S-220 02 Lund > Sweden > > tel: +46 46 32 91 07 > fax:+46 46 12 16 04 > www.ihe.se ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments,...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html