Try this:

ifunc <- function(str){
   allBP <- GOBPOFFSPRING[[str]]
   return(allBP)}


On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Paul Evans <p.evans48@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I work with bio-conductor, but this is probably a basic R question.
>
> I want to emulate the GOBPOFFSPRING$"GO:0008150" command:
>
>
> > allBP <- GOBPOFFSPRING$"GO:0008150"
> > class(allBP)
> [1] "character"
> > length(allBP)
> [1] 16066
> >
>
> I want to create a function so that I can execute the command by passing as
> a parameter the portion in quotes in the above command (""GO:0008150"). So
> my current function looks like:
>
> > str <- "GO:0008150"
> > ifunc <- function(str){
> + allBP <- paste('GOBPOFFSPRING$',str,sep='')
> + return(allBP)
> + }
> > x <- ifunc(str)
> > class(x)
> [1] "character"
> > length(x)
> [1] 1
> >
>
> But this just returns a string. How do I get the command to execute?
>
> thanks!
>
>
>
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