[R] From object name strings to objects

[Ben Bolker]

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On Tue, May 19, 2026, 6:49 AM Naresh Gurbuxani <naresh_gurbuxani using hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> I want to stack several dataframes using their names as strings.
>
> df1 <- data.frame(name = "normal", x = rnorm(5))
> df2 <- data.frame(name = "uniform", x = runif(5))
> df3 <- data.frame(name = "binomial", x = rbinom(5, 2, 0.5))
> mynames <- c("df1", "df2", "df3")
>
> newdf <- some_function(mynames)
>
> # Desired result
> newdf <- do.call(rbind, list(df1, df2, df3))
>
> How can this be done?
>
> Thanks,
> Naresh
>
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