Create Variable Name Using paste() Function in R (Example)

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a new variable using the paste() function in the R programming language.

The table of content is structured as follows:

With that, let’s take a look at some R codes in action!

Example: Create Variable Name with paste0() & assign() Functions

This Example explains how to apply the paste0 and assign functions to define a new variable in R.

assign(paste0("variable_", 1), 1:5)    # Using assign function

Let’s have a look at the output:

variable_1                             # Return new variable to console
# 1 2 3 4 5

As you can see based on the previous output of the RStudio console, we have created a new vector object called variable_1.

Video, Further Resources & Summary

Would you like to learn more about pasting variable names? Then you could watch the following video of my YouTube channel. In the video, I illustrate the R programming syntax of this tutorial.

The YouTube video will be added soon.

In addition, you could read the related posts of this homepage. I have published several tutorials already.

• Get Column Index in Data Frame by Variable Name
• Convert Character String to Variable Name
• Useful Functions in R
• R Programming Examples

Summary: At this point you should have learned how to apply the paste function to create a new variable name in R. Please let me know in the comments, in case you have further questions.