[R] Turning a string into an expression

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

> aaa <- "list(1,2,3,4)"
> parse(text=aaa)
expression(list(1, 2, 3, 4))

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Søren Højsgaard wrote:

> Dear all,
> I have e.g. 
> 	aaa <- "list(1,2,3,4)" 
> and would like to get a hold on the list 
> 	list(1,2,3,4)
> from aaa. Can anyone help with that?

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