Full_Name: Boris Vaillant Version: 2.0 OS: Win 2000 Submission from: (NULL) (195.227.11.98) ##Maybe I have not fully understood the changements ##in R 2.0. ## Why is it that a <- 1:3 names(a) <- 1:3 # works fine, but b <<- 1:3 names(b) <<- 1:3 ## used to work in R 1.9 ## and gives > Error: Object "b" not found ## in R 2.0 ? Boris Vaillant