R: How to go from a vector of strings to a vector of quotes / names?

Question

How to get from

input = c("a", "b", "c")

to

output = c(quote(a), quote(b), quote(c))

automatically?

@andrew_reece symbols or formulas or even functions or even quasures can never be stored in a vector. all of them will be stored in a list — onyambu, Jun 05 '18 at 23:17

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '18 at 23:08

6

List apply as.symbol() to your input vector.

lapply(X = input, as.symbol)

answered Jun 05 '18 at 23:08

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