[R] Variable names AS variable names?

[Patrick Burns]

One of my hypotheses of what you want is:

for(code in codes) {
	get(code)
}

The other one is:

for(code in codes) {
	as.name(code)
}


On 25/02/2011 06:55, Noah Silverman wrote:
> How can I dynamically use a variable as the name for another variable?
>
> I realize this sounds cryptic, so an example is best:
>
> #Start with an array of "codes"
> codes<- c("a1", "b24", "q99")
>
> #Each code has a corresponding matrix (could be vector)
> a1<- matrix(rnorm(100), nrow=10)
> b24<- matrix(rnorm(100), nrow=10)
> q99<- matrix(rnorm(100), nrow=10)
>
> #Now, I want to loop through all the codes and do something with each matrix
> for(code in codes){
>      #here is where I'm stuck.  I don't want the value of code, but the
> variable who's name is the value of code
>
> }
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> -N
>
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