[R] Simple command

[Mark Myatt]

a s <datamanagement at email.com> writes:
>Is there an "execute" command such that:
>execute(paste("X[3]<-5"))
>or
>execute(paste("anything"))
>where "anything" is executed by R??

That is done with eval(parse(text = "<this is the command>")) as in:

        example.r.command <- "x[3] <- 5"
        eval(parse(text = example.r.command))

or just:

        eval(parse(text = "x[3] <- 5"))


Mark

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Mark Myatt


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