Dear AJSS,
Perhaps ?noquote might be useful for you. Here is an example:

> x=c('V1','V2','V3','V4')
> x
[1] "V1" "V2" "V3" "V4"
> noquote(x)
[1] V1 V2 V3 V4

HTH,

Jorge


On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Amarjit Singh Sethi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

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> Dear R-helpers,
> hello
> I am seeking your help in somehow getting names of variables without
> quotes (" ").
> Let us say, we have a table with 3 variables V1, V2 and V3. After the
> table is read, I get names of the variables (thro' the following code) as
> under quotes (like "V1"Â rather than the original representation V1)
> Â
> Â x=read.table("sample.txt",header=T,sep="\t")
> > x
> Â Â Â  V1Â Â Â  V2Â Â Â  V3
> 1Â  15Â Â Â Â  10Â Â Â Â Â  4
> 2Â Â  Â 6Â Â Â Â Â Â 4Â Â Â Â Â Â  7
> 3Â  10Â Â Â Â Â  5Â Â Â Â Â Â  2
> 4Â Â Â  8Â Â Â Â Â  6Â Â Â Â Â Â  6
> > nm=names(x)
> > nm
> [1] "V1" "V2" "V3"
> Â
> In fact I need the variables in the original representation (i.e., as they
> appear in the input data file) so as to use them repeatedly (through loop
> statement) in regression analysis. Kindly help.
> Regards
> ajss
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