Thankyou!!! I knew this was so simple and I had tried paste but with the wrong syntax so I moved on. This opens a whole new world to me!! -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/using-an-objects-contents-in-a-text-string-tp2338061p2339437.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.