Message-ID: <1099652874.3133.2.camel@ndmpc126.ihs.ox.ac.uk>
Date: 2004-11-05T11:07:54Z
From: Adaikalavan Ramasamy
Subject: calling a var by name in another var
In-Reply-To: <loom.20041104T144526-955@post.gmane.org>
get(myvar1) + get(myvar2)
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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
>
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