[R] variable definition

[Achim Zeileis]

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Andrew R. Criswell wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> This function obviously fails
>
>     x <- function(z) paste("go", z, sep = ".") <- 10
>     x("now")
>
> But is there a way to define the name of a variable through passing a
> parameter in a function call?

I'm not exactly sure what you want to do, but looking at
  ?assign
might be of some help.
Z

> Thanks,
> ANDREW
>
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