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R function: as.name

as.name is identical to as.symbol.

as.name(t) is implemented as as.vector(t, 'symbol').

Type

The type (typeof(…)) of a name is symbol:

typeof(as.name('foo'));
#
#  "symbol"

Github repository about-R, path: /functions/as/name/typeof.R

See also

Using as.name to load packages whose names are stored in variables.

Index to (some) R functions