Hello, I'm having a problem using the "transform" and "get" functions. I'm
probably making a dumb mistake, and I need help!

I start by making a small simulated dataset. I save the names of the
variables in "var.names." Without getting into the details of it, I have to
create a custom function to perform some statistics. As part of this, I
need to sequentially set all variables in the dataset (one at a time) to a
value of 0. I tried using the "get" function, to automate this (I need to
automate this because my real dataset has 100's of variables). However, I
get the following error message:

"
Error: unexpected '=' in:
"{
test0 <- transform(test, (get(predictor.names[i])) ="
> }
Error: unexpected '}' in "}"
>
"


Here is my code:



n<-200
set.seed(111)
X1 <- rbinom(n,1,0.4)
X2 <- rbinom(n,1,0.5)
X3 <- rbinom(n,1,0.5)
X4 <- rbinom(n,1,(0.5 + 0.2*X1 - 0.3*X2 + 0.005*X3))
Y <- rnorm(n,(3 + X1 + 0.3*X2 + 0.1*X3 + 0.05*X4),.4)
data.frame(Y,X1,X2,X3,X4) -> test

var.names <- colnames(test)

for (i in (1:5))
{
test0 <- transform(test, (get(var.names[i])) = 0)
}



## NO ERROR MESSAGE WHEN I DON'T USE "GET", AND INSTEAD DO IT EXPLICITLY
test0 <- transform(test, X1 = 0)

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