Get an arbitrary name for a temporary variable

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

temp_var(pattern = ".var")

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.

See also

tempfile()

Examples

temp_var()
#> [1] ".var64672"