What are you trying to do with that? Most times when someone asks this question, they are trying to accomplish something that can be done better a different way, so if you tell us what you are trying to accomplish, we can suggest better approaches.
The short answer to your question is ?get. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bobby Prill > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:35 PM > To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] how to evaluate a dynamic variable? > > Please help me evaluate a "dynamic variable" as show in the > code snippet below. > > # regular variable > a = c(1,2,3,4) > > # dynamic variable set at runtime > DV = "a" > > eval(DV) > --> a > > eval(eval(DV)) > --> a > > # what I want > something_goes_here(DV) > --> 1,2,3,4 > > Can someone teach me how to do this? Thanks very much. > > - Bobby > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
