I am new to R. I would like to automate the creation of a number of vectors but can't seem to get the string formatting to work.
Here's what I would like to be able to do: Suppose we have a vector: x <- c(2,4,5) I would like to be able to create a set of vectors whose names are associated with the values in x - e.g. x2 <- 0 x4 <- 0 x5 <- 0 I have tried with a for loop and eval and sprintf, paste, etc. but end up with the following error: Error in sprintf("%s%i", "x", 1) <- 0 : target of assignment expands to non-language object How can I assign a string formatted name to a vector? Any help appreciated, Zak ______________________________________________ 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.