You can try the following code: R> string3 <- paste(string1, string2, sep="") R> ?paste Have a look at the following functions too which I found useful when I wanted to use 'paste': R> ?assign R> ?sub R> ?gsub Please don't forget to read the posting guide. http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html John ps. I hope that you haven't received any "vitriolic" and "curt" responses to your basic question as some questioners sometimes do. --- Ben-Yang Liao <liaoby at umich.edu> wrote:> Hello, > > I would like to combine two strings while using R. > For instance, > string1 <- "abcde" > string2 <- "WXYZ" > I'd like to combine string1 and string2 into Sting3; > and string3 should be "abcdeWXZY". > Would you please tell me how to do it? > Thank you very much > > Ben-Yang