[R] Convert string to list?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try this.  It pastes "list(" onto the front and ")" onto the end giving
"list( P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0 )"
and then parses and evaluates that as an R expression.

Str <- "P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0"
eval(parse(text = paste("list(", Str, ")")))


On 7/26/07, Manuel Morales <Manuel.A.Morales at williams.edu> wrote:
> Let's say I have the following string:
>
> str <- "P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0"
>
> I'd like to find a function that generates the following object from
> 'str'.
>
> list(P = 0.0, T = 0.0, Q = 0.0)
>
> Thanks!
>
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