How to assign same value to multiple variables in one line? [duplicate]

Question

For example, I want to assign 1 to a, b, c, ..., z. I have to type,

a <- 1
b <- 1
c <- 1
...
z <- 1

How can I type one line and assign all values to variables?

Answer 1

You might try simply:

for (x in letters) assign(x,1)