Hello! s<-"start"; e<-"end" middle<-as.character(c(1,2,3)) I would like to get the following result: "start 123 end" or "start 1 2 3 end" or "start 1,2,3 end" How can I avoide this (undesired) result: paste(s,middle,e,sep=" ") Thank you! -- Dimitri Liakhovitski Ninah Consulting www.ninah.com