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

FAQ says:

If you have

varname <- c("a", "b", "d")

you can do

get(varname[1]) + 2

for

a + 2

or

assign(varname[1], 2 + 2)

for

a <- 2 + 2

So it looks like you use GET when you want to evaluate a formula that uses a variable (such as a concatenate), and ASSIGN when you want to assign a value to a pre-declared variable.

Syntax for assign: assign(x, value)

x: a variable name, given as a character string. No coercion is done, and the first element of a character vector of length greater than one will be used, with a warning.

value: value to be assigned to x.