[R] Executable expressions

[R. Michael Weylandt]

eval(parse(text = a))

But this is rarely a good idea....perhaps you could say a little more
about your overall goal and we could direct you to a more "R"-ish
solution?

library(fortunes)
fortune("rethink")

Michael

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Ajay Askoolum <aa2e72e at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Given
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> a<-"c(1,2,3,4,5)"
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> How can  I evaluate the variable a to return a (numeric) vector comprising of 1,2,3,4,5? Thanks.
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