[R] R: string connections

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Wed Sep 29 14:04:32 CEST 2004


Use paste(), which coerces non-character arguments into characters before
concatenating them.

Andy

> From: allan clark
> 
> hi all
> 
> 
> i have a simple question:
> 
> lets assume that i can enter a variable (a) equal to some value, say
> 100. obviously a could be any value. i would like to create a 
> plot with
> a main heading as
> hi all
> 
> 
> "some writing" + a
> 
> how would own create a string by combining a string with a numeric
> variable?
> 
> hope the question is not too confusing.
> 
> e.g. say a=5  then i want something like  plot(x, main="some 
> writing"+a)
> 
> this obviously does not work since the syntax is incorrect.
> 
> thankful for your replies.
> 
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