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edf (version 1.0.0)

create.variable.name: Create variable name from string.

Description

This function creates a sensible variable name by replacing all non-alphanumeric characters with underscores. This is useful when the string is to be used as a the name of a list element.

Usage

create.variable.name(s)

Arguments

s
The string to be used as a variable name

Value

The string with non-alphanumeric characters replaced by underscores

Examples

Run this code
s <- "a-b"
edf:::create.variable.name(s)

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