R help - Jul 2008 - How do I paste double quotes arround a character string?

Hi R Community:

I've got a character string that looks like: New Mexico

How to I create the new character string that looks like: "New Mexico"
That is, it is the original string (New Mexico)  with double quotes 
infront and behind it?

Thanks,
Phil Smith

Philip James Smith wrote:
> Hi R Community:
> 
> I've got a character string that looks like: New Mexico
What does this mean? I do not think I understand. Do you have a vector 
with one element (New Mexico) in it?  I think we need a few more 
details, like what it is exactly you have (class of your data), and what 
you want to do with it.  If your string is in a variable 'x', try str(x)
and class(x).

> 
> How to I create the new character string that looks like: "New
Mexico"
> That is, it is the original string (New Mexico)  with double quotes 
> infront and behind it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Phil Smith
> 
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On 03-Jul-08 01:25:55, Philip James Smith wrote:
> Hi R Community:
> I've got a character string that looks like: New Mexico
> 
> How to I create the new character string that looks like: "New
Mexico"
> That is, it is the original string (New Mexico)  with double quotes 
> infront and behind it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Phil Smith
I tried the following. Is that the sort of thing you want to achieve?

  X<-"New Mexico"
  Y<-"\"New Mexico\""
  X
# [1] "New Mexico"
  Y
# [1] "\"New Mexico\""
  plot((1:10),xlab=X,ylab=Y)

Best wishes,
Ted.

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