[R] string concatenation operator

[Spencer Graves]

      Can we do something to make the following work: 

 > "+.character" <- function(x,y) paste(x,y,sep="")
 > "abc"+"def"
Error in "abc" + "def" : non-numeric argument to binary operator

      Thanks,
      spencer graves

Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

>Harris A. Jaffee <hjaffee <at> jhmi.edu> writes:
> 
>: Why doesn't R have one, like "." in Perl or juxtaposition in awk?
>
>You could define one like this:
>
>R> "%+%" <- function(x,y) paste(x,y,sep="")
>R> "abc" %+% "def"
>[1] "abcdef"
>
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