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automatic generation of variable names

4 messages · Benjamin Otto, Uwe Ligges, Duncan Murdoch

Benjamin Otto
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Hi,

is there some way to generate a varaible name automatically?

What I would like to do is:

Instead
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table1 <- orderbysomecolumn
table2 <- orderbysomecolumn
table3 <- orderbysomecolumn
...

automate
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for (i in 1:numoftables) {
   table%someconcatenation%i <- orderbysomecolumn
}

regards,
Benjamin
Uwe Ligges
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Benjamin Otto wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
See the R FAQs: "How can I turn a string into a variable?"

Uwe Ligges

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Duncan Murdoch
    

    

      
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On 2/23/2006 5:32 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
Especially the last bit of advice there, which suggests using a list 
instead.

Duncan Murdoch