Hello All: Suppose the following little data frame: > x <- data.frame(dog = c(3,4,6,2,8), cat = c(8,2,3,6,1)) > > x$cat [1] 8 2 3 6 1 > How can I get the paste() function to do the same thing. The command below is obviously wrong > paste(x, cat, sep = "$") > Thanks, ANDREW