# use the mtcars data frame as your starting list.  save it to x
x <- as.list( mtcars )

# just print one column, by hand.
x$wt

# ..dynamically choose the column you want
colname <- 'wt'

# this breaks
get( paste( 'x$' , colname , sep = "" ) )

# this works, but doesn't do what you want, since it's not dynamic
get( 'x' )$wt

# why not access the list dynamically without paste() or get()  ?  ;)
x[ colname ]

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