[R] evaluating the contents of a string

[David A Richmond]

Hi,
suppose I do: 
	b <- matrix(1:9,3,3)
	bname <- "b"

now
	dim(b) 
returns
	[1] 3 3

and    
	dim(bname)
returns
	NULL

is there a function to pass bname to such that dim returns the dimensions
of b?

like 
	dim(somefunc(bname))
returns
	[1] 3 3 

does 'somefunc' exist?


daver

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