produce variable on the fly
jimineep <jamesrperkins <at> hotmail.com> writes:
Hi guys,
I want to create variable on the fly: for example
for (i in 1:10) {
cat(paste("VAR",i,sep=""))
}
Will print VAR1, VAR2 etc up to VAR10. However I want to make these into
variables, and then give them a value, for example:
vect = c(10:20)
for (i in 1:10) {
cat(paste("VAR",i,sep="")) = vect[i]
}
This is almost a candidate for a FAQ: see http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=tips:data-misc:create_var_names for the answer ("assign") and some reasons why it might be better to use lists instead. Ben Bolker