I want access and object , its name is in an variable : require(xts) data(sample_matrix)
head(sample_matrix) Open High Low Close 2007-01-02 50.03978 50.11778 49.95041 50.11778 2007-01-03 50.23050 50.42188 50.23050 50.39767 2007-01-04 50.42096 50.42096 50.26414 50.33236 2007-01-05 50.37347 50.37347 50.22103 50.33459 2007-01-06 50.24433 50.24433 50.11121 50.18112 2007-01-07 50.13211 50.21561 49.99185 49.99185 > assign("a",sample_matrix) > head(a) Open High Low Close 2007-01-02 50.03978 50.11778 49.95041 50.11778 2007-01-03 50.23050 50.42188 50.23050 50.39767 2007-01-04 50.42096 50.42096 50.26414 50.33236 2007-01-05 50.37347 50.37347 50.22103 50.33459 2007-01-06 50.24433 50.24433 50.11121 50.18112 2007-01-07 50.13211 50.21561 49.99185 49.99185 But following doesn't work: b="sample_matrix" assign("a",b) > a [1] "sample_matrix" how I can access sample_matrix data when I have only b variable ? ______________________________________________ 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.