

name {base}                                  R Documentation

_V_a_r_i_a_b_l_e _N_a_m_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     `as.name' coerces its argument to be a name.  The argu-
     ment must be of mode `"character"'.

     `is.name' returns `TRUE' or `FALSE' depending on
     whether its argument is a name or not.

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     as.name(x)
     is.name(x)

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o_:

     `call', `is.language'. For the internal object mode,
     `typeof'.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s_:

     an <- as.name("arrg")
     is.name(an) # TRUE
     str(an)# symbol

