Dear R community,
   I am trying to assign a new variable (named "new") to multiple dataframes
by a loop and do not succeed... Can you please help?
Thank you and best regards, Georg Ehret.

> c
   V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10
1   1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81  91
2   2 12 22 32 42 52 62 72 82  92
3   3 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 83  93
4   4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84  94
5   5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85  95
6   6 16 26 36 46 56 66 76 86  96
7   7 17 27 37 47 57 67 77 87  97
8   8 18 28 38 48 58 68 78 88  98
9   9 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 89  99
10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
> cc
   V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
1   1 11 21 31 41
2   2 12 22 32 42
3   3 13 23 33 43
4   4 14 24 34 44
5   5 15 25 35 45
6   6 16 26 36 46
7   7 17 27 37 47
8   8 18 28 38 48
9   9 19 29 39 49
10 10 20 30 40 50
> names<-c("c","cc")
> for(i in names){assign(get(i))$new<-rep(9,10)}
Error in assign(`*tmp*`) :
  element 2 is empty;
   the part of the args list of '.Internal' being evaluated was:
   (x, value, envir, inherits)
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Georg Ehret
Geneva University Hospital
Switzerland

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