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Simple one, have read and googled, still no luck! I want to create several empty vectors all of the same length. I would like multiple empty vectors (vec1, vec2, vec3) and want to create them all in one line. I've tried vec1,vec2,vec3 <- vector(length=5) and c(vec1,vec2,vec3) <- vector(length=5) and several other attempts but nothing seems to work ... suggestions? Thanks Jim