Hi Boris,
Yes. Try this:

paste('IMT',a,sep="")


See ?paste.

HTH,

Jorge


On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Boriss <Boriss@gmx.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I have an array of strings
>
> a <- c("2008q3","2005q1","2004q3")
>
> I would like to add to each a[i], with i = 1,2,3
>
> the following string "IMT",
>
> such that in the end I could get
>
> b <- c("IMT2008q3","IMT2005q1","IMT2004q3")
>
> Is it possible to accomplish this without a loop command?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Borissssssssssssssss
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