R: Get an arbitrary name for a temporary variable

tempvar {svMisc} | R Documentation

## Get an arbitrary name for a temporary variable

### Description

The function ensures that the variable name is cryptic enough and is not already used.

### Usage

    tempvar(pattern = ".var")

### Arguments

`pattern` | the prefix for the variable (the rest is a random number).

### Value

A string with the name of a variable.

### Author(s)

Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean@sciviews.org>

### See Also

`systemDir`, `systemFile`

### Examples

    tempvar()

[Package svMisc version 0.9-70 Index]