Hi

eval(parse(text=a)) should do the trick :)

Cheers,

Robin

2012/1/18 Ajay Askoolum <aa2e72e@yahoo.co.uk>

> Given
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> a<-"c(1,2,3,4,5)"
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> How can  I evaluate the variable a to return a (numeric) vector comprising
> of 1,2,3,4,5? Thanks.
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