The solution is in section 7.21 of the R FAQ. BTW, `rf' is a built-in R
function for generating random numbers from an F distribution, so better use
some other name.
Andy
> From: 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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