[R] Remove an object by the reference

[Richard Pearson]

How about rm(list=x)?

Richard.


Shubha Vishwanath Karanth wrote:
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> A simple question, but don't know the answer...
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> x="a"
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> a=5
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> I need to remove the object "a" by using only x. something like rm(somefunction(x))...Is this possible?
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