r - how to get value when a variable name is passed as a string

Question

i write this code in R

paste("a","b","c") 

which returns the value "abc"

Variable abc has a value of 5(say) how do i get "abc" to give me the value 5 is there any function like as.value(paste("a","b","c")) which will give me the answer 5? I am making my doubt sound simple and this is exactly what i want. So please help me. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

paste("a","b","c") gives "a b c" not "abc"

Anyway, I think you are looking for get():

> abc <- 5
> get("abc")
[1] 5