for (thisOne in structs){
print(get(thisOne)$colA)
}
you need to 'get' (retrieve) the object first.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Noah Silverman <noahsilver...@ucla.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have several data structures (xts structures). I then have a list of the
> names of those objects.
>
> I'd like to access the object by name.
>
> For example:
>
> foo1 <- as.xts(....)
> foo2 <- as.xts(...)
> foo3 <- as.xts(...)
>
> structs <- c("foo1", "foo2", "foo3")
>
> for (thisOne in structs){
> print(thisOne$colA)
> }
>
> The above fails. Clearly I'm missing a step translating the name to the
> object.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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