Dear list, I would like to rename an object as follows: SimLUall <- matrix(c(0,1,0,0, 1,0,0,0, 0,0,1,0, 0,0,0,1),nrow=4, ncol=4) j <- 2 SimLUall2 <- SimLUall and j The value of j should be assigned automatically to SimLUall. How can I achieve this? Regards, Ulrich