Coercing the Argument to a Name in R Programming – as.name() Function Last Updated : 19 Jun, 2020 Improve Improve Like Article Like Save Share Report as.name() function in R Language is used to coerce the argument to a name. The as.name() and as.symbol() functions are identical. Syntax: as.name(x) Parameters: x: Object to be coerced Example 1: # R program to illustrate # as.name() function # Calling the as.name() function to # coerce the argument to a name x <- as.name("sample") # Calling the is.name() function # to check whether the argument is # name or not is.name(x) Output: [1] TRUE Example 2: # R program to illustrate # as.name() function # Calling the as.name() function to # coerce the argument to a name x <- as.name("sample") # Getting the class of the argument class(x) Output: [1] "name" Like Article Suggest improvement Next Check if the Argument is a Name in R Programming - is.name() Function Share your thoughts in the comments Add Your Comment Please Login to comment...