Hi, I want to create variable names from within my code, but can't find any documentation for this.
An example is probably the best way to illustrate. I am reading data in from a file, doing a bunch of stuff, and want to generate variables with my output. (I could make a "list of lists" and name all the elements, but I really want separate variables.) ################# #This is just a dummy example, please excuse any shortcuts... data <- read.table("file", ....) animals <- (data[,animal]) animals > "cat", "dog", "horse" # Not known what these are before I read the data file # do a bunch of stuff mean_cat <- abc var_cat <- dfd mean_dog <- 123 var_dog <- 453 etc.. ############## I thought of trying to use the paste() function to create the variable name, but that doesn't work: for( animal in animals){ paste("mean", animal "_") <- 123 } Any ideas??? Thanks -- Noah Silverman ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.