[R] What is the most efficient way to assign to PARTS of objects in other frames/environments?

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Thomas Lumley <tlumley at u.washington.edu> writes:

> Instead of
> 
>   assign("a$a",x,envir=SomeOtherFrame)
> you can do
>   eval(substitute(a$a<-localx,localx=x),envir=SomeOtherFrame)

Or, elaborating on the same idea

hack <- function(e, v, envir) {
        v
        eval(substitute(e <- v), envir)
}

hack(a$a, x, SomeOtherFrame)

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