Getting strings recognized as variable names in R

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I\'ve simplified the question per the comment

Answer 1

You found one answer, i.e. eval(parse()) . You can also investigate do.call() which is often simpler to implement. Keep in mind the useful as.name() tool as well, for converting strings to variable names.