From michael.haupt at oracle.com  Thu Aug 14 19:57:38 2014
From: michael.haupt at oracle.com (Michael Haupt)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:57:38 -0700
Subject: [Rd] `*tmp*`
Message-ID: <E643113C-AC37-4CFF-83BF-B4B92191F1B6@oracle.com>

Hello,

given that `*tmp*` is removed after a replacement, how can code like this work? Is there some special handling for a variable named `*tmp*` when it comes to make element assignments?

> x<-c(1,2)
> x[1]<-42
> `*tmp*`[1]<-7 # I would expect this one to fail
> `*tmp*`
Error: object '*tmp*' not found

Confused greetings,

Michael

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[Rd] `*tmp*`
Michael Haupt