[R] How to use the paste function to create an already used variable

[Henrique Dallazuanna]

Try this:

Data <- lapply(ls(pattern = 'data[0-9]'), get)

Data[[1]] is data1
Data[[2]] is data2
....
etc.

2010/3/24 "Biedermann, Jürgen" <juergen.biedermann at charite.de>:
> Hi there,
>
> I have the following problem
>
> Four data frames exist:
>
> data1
> data2
> data3
> data4
>
> Now I want to write a loop and temporarily store the data1, data2, data3,
> data4 in a variable called data.
> I tried the following...
>
> for (i in 1:4) {
> Data <- paste("data",i,sep="")
> ...
> ..
> }
>
>
> but it doesn't function. I think the problem is the definition of the mode
> of the pasted variable.
>
> Could anyone help me?
> Thanks
>
> Greetings
> Jürgen
>
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