This is FAQ 7.21. Note that the most important part of the FAQ is the last few lines where it essentially says "DON'T DO THIS". If this is just a model for a bigger situation then definitely Don't Do This, as using assign and global variables will just create more and bigger future headaches. Use another data structure like a list and all this becomes much easier.
-- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Maas James Dr (MED) > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:45 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] using variable from for loop in naming new variables > > Simple one here ... but can't get it to work ... > > for (i in 1:4){ > paste("stuff",[i]),sep="") <- 3 + i > } > > ls() > rm(list=ls()) > > > > I just want it to create 4 new variables called stuff1, stuff2, stuff3, > stuff4 with the corresponding assignments. I realise that there are > more elegant functions but this is just a model of a bigger situation. > > Thanks > > Jim > > > =============================== > Dr. Jim Maas > University of East Anglia > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
