eval(parse(text = a)) But this is rarely a good idea....perhaps you could say a little more about your overall goal and we could direct you to a more "R"-ish solution?
library(fortunes) fortune("rethink") Michael On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:18 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. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.