Creating a multiple data frames in FOR-LOOP

Question

I would like to create data frames from a FOR-LOOP in R.

Basically, I would like to do something like this:

for (i in 1:3) { x"i"= 1+i}

In this case, I would like to get 3 dataframes:

Is there a way to do this in R?

(1) Why do you want data frames to store a single number? (2) Is it possible to use a list instead of multiple data frames? — Sven Hohenstein, Oct 06 '13 at 13:54
This is just to simplify the question. Basically, I need different subsets of a dataframe and I would like to store them in x"i" data frames for future use. — user1783504, Oct 06 '13 at 13:58

Sven Hohenstein · Answer 1 · 2013-10-07T10:44:15.340

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for (i in 1:3) {
  assign(paste0("x", i), i + 1)
}

This will create objects x1, x2, and x3 with the values of i + 1, i.e., 2-4.

edited Oct 07 '13 at 10:44

answered Oct 06 '13 at 13:58

Sven Hohenstein

I think the OP want `x1` to be 2, `x2=3` and `x3=4`, so your assigning should be `assign(paste0("x", i), i+1)`, right? – Jilber Urbina Oct 06 '13 at 15:30
@Jilber Right. I modified the answer. – Sven Hohenstein Oct 07 '13 at 10:44

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