[R] read.table from a list of filenames

[thomas hills]

I am wondering if it is possible to read.table repeatedly from a list 
of file names into a new list of table names.

For example:

filenames <- list.files()

then with a function like

rf <- function(i) {
word??(filename[i]) <- read.table(filenames[i]) }

I can't seem to find a function like word?? that will be the object of 
another operation.   If this worked, then I could repeat it for the 
length of filenames.

Also, even the following function seems to give me an error, but I 
don't yet know why.

rf <- function(nam, i) {  nam <- read.table(filenames[i]) }


Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Thomas
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