[R] R: string connections

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

Hi Allan,

look at ?paste, e.g.,

a <- 10
plot(1:10, 1:10, main=paste("The value of a is", a))

I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "allan clark" <allan at stats.uct.ac.za>
To: "Rhelp" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 1:58 PM
Subject: [R] R: string connections


> 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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