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List:       r-help
Subject:    Re: [R] get more than get
From:       Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson () lancaster ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2007-02-28 15:47:05
Message-ID: 45E5A3F9.306 () lancaster ! ac ! uk
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Ingmar Visser wrote:
> it's unclear what you want ...
> but
> get("x")^2
> does not give an error

  Neither does get("x^2") if you actually have an object called "x^2":

  > "x^2"=4.000001
  > get("x^2")
  [1] 4.000001

  but that would be a perverse thing to do.

Barry

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