"name" & toString(20) is from Excel or OpenOffice; & means 'logical and' in R, not string concatenation.
paste() is simpler; sprintf() is more precise as to decimal places and format. >>> anna <lippelann...@hotmail.com> 26/01/2010 14:09:15 >>> Hello there, I want to create a string from strings and numbers, here is my code: str <- "name" & toString(20) but it returns me this error: Error in toString(20) : could not find function ".jcall" what did I do wrong? I couldn't find this error anywhere... -- ******************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.