[R] Joining variables

Dimitrios Rizopoulos Dimitris.Rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be
Wed May 24 20:57:30 CEST 2006


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Best,
Dimitris

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Quoting "Guenther, Cameron" <Cameron.Guenther at myfwc.com>:

> Hello,
> 
> If I have two variables that are factors or characters and I want to
> create a new variable that is the combination of both what function
> can
> I use to accomplish this?
> 
> Ex.
> 
> Var1			Var2
> SA100055113		19851113
> 
> And I want
> 
> NewVar
> SA10005511319851113
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Cameron Guenther, Ph.D. 
> Associate Research Scientist
> FWC/FWRI, Marine Fisheries Research
> 100 8th Avenue S.E.
> St. Petersburg, FL 33701
> (727)896-8626 Ext. 4305
> cameron.guenther at myfwc.com
> 
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