Re: converting a file name to the name of a table

["Jordan, Paul" <paul.jordan@roche.com>]

Hi Carol,

try:

 

files <- list.files(".")

for (x in files)  eval(_expression_(x <- read.table(x)))

 

Good luck!

Paul

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From: carol white [mailto:wht_crl@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:25 PM
To: s-news@lists.biostat.wustl.edu
Subject: converting a file name to the name of a table

Hi,
is there anyway to name a table that i create by read.table by 
the name of the file from which the content is read into the table?

I 
want to read the files in the current directory and into a table whose name is 
the name of the file. I tried as.name but doesn't work
 
files.lst = 
list.files(".")
 for (i in 1:length(files.lst))
+ 
as.name(files.lst[i]) =  read.table (files.lst[i], check.names = F, header 
= T)

thanks

carol

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