R help - Jun 2003 - compose a name in function

I write a function to plot some graphs and a gave for it one result of
lm() (reg) and a character (name). In  win.metafile("name-%02d.wmf",
pointsize = 14) i want compose de name of file with the string i pass to
the function. How i can make this?

plota.res.grava <- function(reg,name){

    win.metafile("name-%02d.wmf", pointsize = 14)
...
}

Thanks
R. Bertola
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?paste

as in

win.metafile(paste(name, "%02d.wmf", sep="-"), pointsize =
14)

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Rafael Bertola wrote:
> I write a function to plot some graphs and a gave for it one result of
> lm() (reg) and a character (name). In 
win.metafile("name-%02d.wmf",
> pointsize = 14) i want compose de name of file with the string i pass to
> the function. How i can make this?
>
> plota.res.grava <- function(reg,name){
>
>     win.metafile("name-%02d.wmf", pointsize = 14)
> ...
> }
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Rafael Bertola wrote:
> I write a function to plot some graphs and a gave for it one result of
> lm() (reg) and a character (name). In 
win.metafile("name-%02d.wmf",
> pointsize = 14) i want compose de name of file with the string i pass to
> the function. How i can make this?
> 
> plota.res.grava <- function(reg,name){
> 
>     win.metafile("name-%02d.wmf", pointsize = 14)
> ...
> }
> 
> Thanks
> R. Bertola
Use paste(), as in

  win.metafile(paste(name, "%02d.wmf", sep="-"), pointsize =
14)

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