R: Variable Names

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name {base}

R Documentation

Variable Names

name takes the given character string and returns a name (or symbol) which has that string as a print-name.

as.name coerces its argument to be a name. The argument must be of mode "character".

is.name returns TRUE or FALSE depending on whether its argument is a name or not.

name(string)
as.name(x)
is.name(x)