Jim, Thank you very much for your prompt reply. This does exactly what I needed.
There is a steep learning curve going from SAS to R. I had tried this approach before but did not include the "get" argument. I had never seen that used that before. Tony >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TONY FRISTACHI Risk Assessor Portage, Inc. 335 Central Park Square Los Alamos, NM 87544 office: 505-663-1526 / fax: 505-662-7340 cell: 513-375-3263 www.portageinc.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim Lemon [mailto:j...@bitwrit.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:54 AM To: Anthony Fristachi Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] converting an objects list On 05/05/2010 08:45 AM, Anthony Fristachi wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to convert an objects list such as objects() or ls() that > outputs "a101" "a102" "a104" "a107" "a109" > > to read within a list statement as follows : list(a101,a102,a104,a107,a109) > Hi Tony, Try this: x<-1:3 y<-letters[4:7] z<-factor(c("fl","go","tw")) result<-sapply(objects(),"get") Jim NON-DISCLOSURE NOTICE--This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information intended for the sole use of the named recipient. If you receive this email in error, or if you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient is not intended to waive any right or privilege. If you have received this message in error, please delete it from your computer and contact the sender immediately. ______________________________________________ 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.