Remove an object by the reference

[Shubha Vishwanath Karanth]

Hi R,

 

A simple question, but don't know the answer...

 

x="a"

a=5

 

I need to remove the object "a" by using only x. something like rm(somefunction(x))...Is this possible?

 

Shubha Karanth | Amba Research

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[Richard Pearson-2]

How about rm(list=x)?

Richard.


Shubha Vishwanath Karanth wrote:

> Hi R,
>
>  
>
> A simple question, but don't know the answer...
>
>  
>
> x="a"
>
> a=5
>
>  
>
> I need to remove the object "a" by using only x. something like rm(somefunction(x))...Is this possible?
>
>  
>
> Shubha Karanth | Amba Research
>
> Ph [phone] | Mob [phone]
>
> Bangalore * Colombo * London * New York * San José * Singapore * www.ambaresearch.com
>
>  
>
> This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged i...{{dropped:13}}
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Gabor Csardi]

> a <- 1
> x <- "a"
> rm(list=x)
> a
Error: object "a" not found

See ?rm for details.

Gabor

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 05:13:41PM +0530, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth wrote:

> Hi R,
>
>  
>
> A simple question, but don't know the answer...
>
>  
>
> x="a"
>
> a=5
>
>  
>
> I need to remove the object "a" by using only x. something like rm(somefunction(x))...Is this possible?
>
>  
>
> Shubha Karanth | Amba Research
>
> Ph [phone] | Mob [phone]
>
> Bangalore * Colombo * London * New York * San Jos? * Singapore * www.ambaresearch.com
>
>  
>
> This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged i...{{dropped:13}}
>

> ______________________________________________
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