Assign variable to a variable with a string in R

Question

Say I have type1 <- "M"

and myvec <- c(2,4,6,8)

How can I assign myvec to type1 so when I just type M, I could get myvec elements?

Is there something like assign(type1) <- myvec?

Ronak Shah · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-10 03:29:38Z

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assign(type1, myvec)

Will assign the variable indicated by type1 ("M") to the value contained in myvec.

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answered Aug 9, 2019 at 21:26

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akrun · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-10 03:43:32Z

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If we need to use <-, an option is to select the environment (in this case the .GlobalEnv and use [[ for assignment

.GlobalEnv[[type1]] <- myvec
M
#[1] 2 4 6 8

answered Aug 10, 2019 at 3:43

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