Try using 'get' to return the object specified as a character string:

> f1<-function()1
> f2 <- function()2
> z <- 'f2'
> z
[1] "f2"
> get(z)()
[1] 2
>



On 12/8/06, Katharina Vedovelli <katharina.vedovelli@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I have lots of functions called in the following pattern
> 'NameOfFunctionNumber' where the name always stays the same and the number
> varies from 1 to 98.
> Another function which I run in advance returns the number of the function
> which has to be called next.
>
> Now I want to combine 'NameOfFunction' with the 'Number' returned so that
> i
> can call the desired function.
> I do this by:
>
> x<-c("NameOfFunction",Number)
> z<-paste(x,collapse="")
> z
>
> which returns
>
> "NameOfFunctionNumber"
>
> My Problem is that R doesn't recognise this as the name of my function
> because of the " at the beginning and the end.
> Is there a way of getting rid of those? Or does anybody know another way
> of
> solving this problem?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
> Cheers,
> Katharina
>
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