[R] automatic generation of variable names

Hi, is there some way to generate a varaible name automatically? What I would like to do is: Instead --- table1 - orderbysomecolumn table2 - orderbysomecolumn table3 - orderbysomecolumn ... automate for (i in 1:numoftables) { table%someconcatenation%i - orderbysomecolumn }

Re: [R] automatic generation of variable names

Benjamin Otto wrote: Hi, is there some way to generate a varaible name automatically? See the R FAQs: How can I turn a string into a variable? Uwe Ligges What I would like to do is: Instead --- table1 - orderbysomecolumn table2 - orderbysomecolumn table3 -

Re: [R] automatic generation of variable names

On 2/23/2006 5:32 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: Benjamin Otto wrote: Hi, is there some way to generate a varaible name automatically? See the R FAQs: How can I turn a string into a variable? Especially the last bit of advice there, which suggests using a list instead. Duncan Murdoch Uwe

Re: [R] automatic generation of variable names

Thanks for the quick help! regards, Benjamin __ 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