You can try this: x <- data.frame() for(i in LETTERS[1:5]) x[1:10, i] <- rnorm(10) x
On 01/04/2008, Georg Ehret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear R community, I am using a dataset and would like to define new > variables using a R variable: > > e.g. > > for (i in 1:10){ > dataset$i<-something > } > > But this is not the right way, I get only one variable in "dataset"... > How can I change this? > > Thank you! > Georg. > ************************ > Georg Ehret > Johns Hopkins > Baltimore, MD > > [[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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.