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On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 13:58, Oskar Villani wrote: > Hello list, > > I'd like to use a variable (or a column of a data frame) by using its name as a > string. E.g.: > > Data2003 <- c(150,200,120) > Data2004 <- c(145,211,110) > > myvar1 <- "Data2003" > myvar2 <- "Data2004" > > # now I'd like do do this > > total <- Data2003 + Data2004 > > # in any way like > # total <- ???(myvar1, myvar2) > # or > # total <- ???(myvar1) + ???(myvar2) > # or something like that > > Is there a possibility to do this in R - can't find a solution! > > Thanks a lot > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
