[R] Create variable by name

[Jeffrey Spies]

An alternative to Peter's solution:

createVariable <- function(name) {assign(name, NULL, envir=.GlobalEnv)}

Jeff.

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Ralf B <ralf.bierig at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can one create a variable through a function by name
>
> createVariable <- function(name) {
>        outputVariable = name
>        name <- NULL
> }
>
> after calling
>
> createVariable("myVar")
>
> I would like to have a variable myVar initialized with NULL in my
> environment. Is this possible?
>
> Ralf
>
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