Thanks for the reply. Indeed the paste function results in  concatenation:
 > paste(c("tmax.", 1950, 12), collapse="")
[1] "tmax.195012"

but  I am looking for a way to subsequently get rid of the - " - in order to  use tmax.195012 as an object (e.g. to define a vector with that name).  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Panos

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From: Dimitris Rizopoulos [mailto:d.rizopoulos@erasmusmc.nl]
To: Panos Hadjinicolaou [mailto:p.hadjinicolaou@cyi.ac.cy]
Cc: r-help@r-project.org
Sent: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:48:31 +0300
Subject: Re: [R] Concatenate a mix of numbers and letters to create a vector name

have a look at function paste(), i.e., ?paste
  
  
  I hope it helps.
  
  Best,
  Dimitris
  
  
  On 7/26/2010 3:44 PM, Panos Hadjinicolaou wrote:
  > Dear all,
  >
  > I am trying to create a vector name, for example tmax.195012 from  tmax., 1950 and 12. Obviously I don't wish to simply type it because  the 3 name components are changing in each iteration within a loop. Is  there any way of concatenating those 3 components (which are a mixture  of numbers and letters)?
  >
  > Thanks for reading,
  >
  > Panos
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