Character Type

Character Type

R's character type stores text strings, written with single or double quotes. Unlike some languages, there's no separate single-character type -- a one-letter string is still character. String concatenation and formatting typically go through paste() rather than a + operator.

Note: Single and double quotes work identically for strings in R -- pick one style and stay consistent.

Example: Character Type

name <- "Ada"
greeting <- 'Hello'

cat(class(name), "\n")
cat(greeting, name, "\n")