[R] How to turn a string into a variable name ?

[Erik Iverson]

You may be looking for the get function.

See ?get

Ng Stanley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For example,
> 
> natural_nums <- 1:10
> even_nums <- seq(2,10, by = 2)
> types <- c("natural_nums", "even_nums")
> 
> What functions can be performed on types[1] to turn it into a variable name
> and not a string ?
> 
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