Or closer to the syntax of the original loop:
for i=1:100
eval(parse("m$i = \"m$i.txt\""))
end
Bob
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Patrick O'Leary <[email protected]>
wrote:
> First, you probably would be better off with an array, rather than 100
> variables with numeric postfixes. You can use push!() for this.
>
> Second, the error is because Julia is trying to parse the left hand side
> as an attempt to define a function, using the shortened f(x) = y function
> definition syntax. Here, f is *, and the literal `"m" * string(i)` is being
> interpreted as the name of its argument, but this is not a valid identifier.
>
> Finally, although you almost certainly don't want to do what you're trying
> to do, you can if you separate creation of the symbol from evaluation:
>
> var_name = symbol("m" * string(i))
> @eval $var_name = readcsv(string("m", i, ".txt"))
>
>
> On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:36:37 AM UTC-5, paul analyst wrote:
>>
>> dynamic creation and naming of variables, what wrong?
>>
>> I need 100 new variables : m1 to m 100
>>
>> julia> for i=1:100
>> "m" * string(i)=readcsv(string("m",i,".txt"))
>> end
>> ERROR: syntax: "#<julia_value>" is not a valid function argument name
>>
>
