Create a variable using loop and assign

Question

If I have a data set "c" and one variable "x" inside.

The x variable only has two observation is 5 and 6.

I want to assign two variable c1, c2 for c$x[1] and c$x[2]

I tried to use the function below, but it does not work.

rf<-function(){
    for(i in 1:2)
assign(paste("c", i,sep=""),paste("c$x[",i, "]" ,sep="")])}

How could I revise the syntax to get the results?

Even better: don't use `assign` (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17559390/why-is-assign-bad) — talat, Apr 30 '16 at 12:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '16 at 15:11

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Dont use paste in the second argument for assign.

assign(paste("c", i,sep=""),c$x[i])) will work.

answered Apr 30 '16 at 15:11

raiyan

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