In R 2.2.0, there is the function 'glob2rx()' which can be used for this purpose. As in
rm(list = ls(pattern = glob2rx("results*"))) -roger Afshartous, David wrote: > All, > > Is there are a wildcard in R for varible names as in unix? For example, > > rm(results*) > > to remove all variable or function names that begin w/ "results"? > > cheers, > Dave > ps - please respond directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Roger D. Peng http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~rpeng/ ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html