How to name variables on the fly?

Question

Is it possible to create new variable names on the fly?

I\'d like to read data frames from a list into new variables with numbers at the end. Something like orca1, o

Answer 1

It seems to me that you might be better off with a list rather than using orca1, orca2, etc, ... then it would be orca[1], orca[2], ...

Usually you're making a list of variables differentiated by nothing but a number because that number would be a convenient way to access them later.

orca <- list()
orca[1] <- "Hi"
orca[2] <- 59

Otherwise, assign is just what you want.