You did not explain the full context of what you are trying to do. Perhaps this could help:
> varName <- as.name("bahbah") > varName bahbah > substitute(a[1] <- 0, list(a=varName)) bahbah[1] <- 0 So you could perhaps eval() this expression. Andy > From: Fernando Saldanha > > I am trying to find a way to assign values to elements of a vector > that will be defined by a user. So I don't have the name of the vector > and cannot hard code the assignment in advance. In the example below I > have to get() the vector using its name. When I try to assign to an > element I get an error: > > > a <- c(1,2,3) > > get('a')[1] <- 0 > Error: Target of assignment expands to non-language object > > Any suggestions? > > FS > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ______________________________________________ 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