On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Ajay Askoolum <aa2e...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Given
>
> a<-"c(1,2,3,4,5)"
>
> How can I evaluate the variable a to return a (numeric) vector comprising of
> 1,2,3,4,5? Thanks.
You can also use an "active binding":
> makeActiveBinding('a', function(){c(1,2,3,4,5)}, .GlobalEnv)
> a
[1] 1 2 3 4 5
However, I agree with the other posters---resorting to these kinds of
tricks is usually a bad sign.
-Charlie
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