[R] Executable expressions

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for my info, why is this rarely a good idea? Is that the case for this 
particular example , or is eval(paste()) generally rarely a good idea?

--Peter

Op 18-1-2012 22:22, R. Michael Weylandt schreef:
> 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
>>
>> 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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