[R] remove multiple objects starting with same name

[Uwe Ligges]

On 25.02.2012 08:00, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:
> rm(list = ls(pattern = "object"))

Or

rm(list = ls(pattern = "^object"))

since we know the names start woth "object".

Uwe



>
> Michael
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:40 PM, katarv<katiasmirn at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out syntax R function rm() needs to remove all objects
>> starting with same name.  For example, if I have object1, object2, object3,
>> i want to do an operation similar to UNIX rm object*
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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