[R] assigning rownames

[Tony Plate]

 > myVar <- matrix( 1:6, 3, 2 )
 > myVar
      [,1] [,2]
[1,]    1    4
[2,]    2    5
[3,]    3    6
 > substitute(rownames(X) <- c("A", "B", "C"), list(X=as.name(myVarName)))
rownames(myVar) <- c("A", "B", "C")
 > eval(substitute(rownames(X) <- c("A", "B", "C"), 
list(X=as.name(myVarName))))
 > myVar
   [,1] [,2]
A    1    4
B    2    5
C    3    6
 >

At Friday 06:23 PM 11/14/2003 +0100, Arne Henningsen wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I have got a variable, say
>     myVar <- matrix( 1:6, 3, 2 )
>and a variable that contains the name of the variable, say
>    myVarName <- "myVar"
>Now, I want to assign rownames to the Variable "myVar".
>I can do it by
>    rownames( myVar ) <- c( "A", "B", "C" )
>but for some reason I want "myVarName" as argument, e.g.
>   rownames( ????( myVarName ) )  <- c( "A", "B", "C" )
>How can I do this?
>
>Thanks,
>Arne
>
>--
>Arne Henningsen
>Department of Agricultural Economics
>University of Kiel
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