[R] Referencing data frames

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 12/06/2009 6:00 PM, Payam Minoofar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do I use the string content of a string variable to reference a data frame of the same name? I want to do the typical tasks of 1) building a name with a string variable and using the string variable to create a data frame (or any object) whose name is the string value of the variable and 2) pass on a string to a function as a parameter, and then use that string to refer to an existing data frame.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

assign() and get() do the basic bits.  They aren't specific to dataframes.

Duncan Murdoch

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