using strings to create variables
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg38448] using strings to create variables
- From: pdickof at sk.sympatico.ca (Peter Dickof)
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 02:20:33 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I have a text file with a first line containing words giving the names
of the data in the column below. Subsequent lines contain the data:
x y z
1 2 3
2 4 6
3 6 9
I want a function that will read this file and and create lists
x={1,2,3}
y={2,4,6}
z={3,6,9}
I do not understand how to take the strings "x", "y", and "z" that I
read from the first line and create lists with those names to which I
can assign the values.
Peter