Re: [R] access objects by name

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 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 t

[R] access objects by name

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){ prin