[R] Names

[David Scott]

I am trying to create a set of vectors which have similar names. They have
a common part and an extra unique part. I am sure I have seen questions on
this before but I have been unable to find it in the archive. There are
examples of sets of names for columns of a data frame, but not for
individual vectors.

Suppose I want vectors named myvar.1 myvar.2 etc.

I tried:
> as.name(paste("myvar","1",sep="."))<-1:10
Error: Target of assignment expands to non-language object

But:
> is.language(as.name(paste("myvar","1",sep=".")))
[1] TRUE

Any suggestions as to how to do this?

David Scott 

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David Scott     Department of Statistics
                The University of Auckland, PB 92019
                Auckland        NEW ZEALAND
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Email:  d.scott at Auckland.ac.nz

President, New Zealand Statistical Association
Head, Department of Statistics, University of Auckland

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