rm() can take a list of object names as an argument and ls(pattern='^results') gives such a list. So
rm(ls(pattern='^results')) would remove all objects that are matched by the regular expression, that is all that begin with 'results' HTH, Johan 2005/10/10, Marc Schwartz (via MN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 10:37 -0400, Afshartous, David wrote: > > All, > > > > Is there are a wildcard in R for varible names as in unix? For > > example, > > > > rm(results*) > > > > to remove all variable or function names that begin w/ "results"? > > > > cheers, > > Dave > > ps - please respond directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > See ?ls, which has a 'pattern' argument, enabling the use of Regex to > define the objects to be listed and subsequently removed using rm(). > > You can then use something like: > > rm(list = ls(pattern = "\\bresults.")) > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html