[R] Remove objects names like character String

[Ronggui Huang]

I don't get the error you mention:

> site1_data<-1
> site2_data<-2
> site3_data<-3
> for (i in 1:3) paste("site",i,"_data",sep="")
>

In my example, another way is: rm(list=paste("site",1:3,"_data",sep=""))

Or you can use rm(list=ls(pattern=you pattern)), in my example, it is:
rm(list=ls(pattern="site[1-3]_data"))

Ronggui

2009/5/19 Katharina May <may.katharina at googlemail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> how can I use rm() on objects named like:
> paste("site",i,"_data",sep="") while looping
> through i?
> I tried rm(paste("site",i,"_data",sep="")) but I get the error that
> rm() must contain names or
> text strings which is confusing me as I thought paste() would create
> something like that...?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>         Katharina
>
>
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