hi,

get.vars.name.prefix<-function(prefix){
 result<-list()
 len<-nchar(prefix)
 var.names<-ls(name=1,pattern=prefix) #name=1 probably wrong option
 print(var.names)
 for(i in 1:length(var.names)){
  name<-var.names[i]
  field<-substr(name,len+1,nchar(name))
  result[[field]]<-get(name)
 }
 result
}

for example
x.1<-1
x.2<-2
get.vars.name.prefix("x.") should return 1,2

this does not work if i call if from within another function:

g<-function(){
  x.1<-1
  x.2<-2
  get.vars.name.prefix("x.") # should return 1,2, nothing else
}

i would like the environment specified within ls(...) to be that of the body
of the function that calls get.vars.name.prefix. apparently name=1 is
probably not the right option.

thanks.

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