You may be searching for the deparse(substitute(x)) idiom. Michael
On Jul 30, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Alaios <ala...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear all, > I have a variable that I would like also to use it as a string. The reasons > is that I want to collect results from different function to one table.. So > when I use the > �colnames(mymatrix) <-c(function1.function2,function3) > the function1, function2, function3 to be "converted" to simple strings so as > > �colnames(mymatrix) <-c("function1","function2","function3") > > Could you please help me understand how I can do that in R? > > Regards > > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.