[R] get more than get

[Uwe Ligges]

Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> This must be a stupid question, but is there any "extension" of get?
> 
> For example:
> x <- 10
> get("x") # gives me 10
> get("x^2") # gives me an error


There is no object called "x^2" in the environments within your search 
path. If you want to calculate x^2, then type

x^2
or
get("x")^2


Uwe Ligges


> Alberto Monteiro
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