Manuel Jim's may be what you want-- a list of numerics with names P, T and Q or a list of character strings?
> str <- "P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0" > str(as.vector(unlist(strsplit(str,",")),mode="list")) List of 3 $ : chr "P = 0.0" $ : chr " T = 0.0" $ : chr " Q = 0.0" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jim holtman Sent: Friday, 27 July 2007 11:20 AM To: Manuel Morales Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] Convert string to list? Is this what you want: > str <- "P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0" > x <- eval(parse(text=paste('list(', str, ')'))) > str(x) List of 3 $ P: num 0 $ T: num 0 $ Q: num 0 > On 7/26/07, Manuel Morales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's say I have the following string: > > str <- "P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0" > > I'd like to find a function that generates the following object from > 'str'. > > list(P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0) > > Thanks! > > -- > http://mutualism.williams.edu > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.