> mytext <- "c(1,2,3,4,5)" > a <- eval(parse(text=mytext)) > a [1] 1 2 3 4 5
will do this, if there's no better way to accomplish your actual goal. Sarah On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Ajay Askoolum <aa2e...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Given > > a<-"c(1,2,3,4,5)" > > How can I evaluate the variable a to return a (numeric) vector comprising of > 1,2,3,4,5? Thanks. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ 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.
