Remove objects in .GlobalEnv from within a function

Question

I would like to create a function (CleanEnvir) which basically calls remove/rm and which removes certain objects from .GlobalEnv.

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Answer 1

You need to do your search in the Global Env as well as the removal there:

CleanEnvir <- function(pattern = "tmp"){
      rm(list = ls(envir=globalenv())[
             grep("tmp", ls(envir=globalenv()))], envir = globalenv())
  }