Hi Jim create <-function(...) paste(substitute(list(...)))[-1]
create(a,b,c) should work. hth. Am 14.03.2011 10:29, schrieb Maas James Dr (MED): > Is there a way to convince R to create a character vector without using the > quotes? > > This works > > ex1 <- c("first","second") > > but when I try this it doesn't > > ext <- as.character(c(first,second)) > > it complains. I have many variables to put into character vectors so > dispensing with the quotes would be useful. > > Thanks > > Jim > > > =============================== > Dr. Jim Maas > University of East Anglia > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Eik Vettorazzi Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 Hamburg T ++49/40/7410-58243 F ++49/40/7410-57790 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.