Hi Robert, What about a named list? This will generalize to your two text files one with data, the other with names.
x <- c("a2","b7","c8") y1 <- c(1,2,3,2) y2 <- c(4,2,7,5,4,3,8) y3 <- c(1:10) dat <- list(c(1,2,3,2), c(4,2,7,5,4,3,8), c(1:10)) names(dat) <- c("a2","b7","c8") dat # example dat$a2 dat[["a2"]] ## or using your variables dat2 <- list(y1, y2, y3) names(dat2) <- x Cheers, Josh On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Robert Ruser <robert.ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello R Users, > I have vectors > x <- c("a2","b7","c8") > y1 <- c(1,2,3,2) > y2 <- c(4,2,7,5,4,3,8) > y3 <- c(1:10) > and I want to assign values form vector y1 to a new variable which > name comes from the 1st value of the vector x etc. How to do it using > only vector x. As a result I should have: > a2 <- y1 > b7 <- y2 > c8 <- y3 > > More general problem: I have 2 txt files. > First is a one column > C4 > C6 > F > D > D1 > D2 > D5 > D6 > .... > Second is (non-define number of columns): > 44, 60, 65, 139, 138 > 47 > 48 > 49, 46 > ..... > is it possible to automatically assign: > C4 <- c(44, 60, 65, 139, 138) > C6 <- c(47) > ... > > I would appreciate for any help. > > Robert > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ 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.