Concatenate strings
x = "Foo"
y = "Bar"
# x + y
# Error in x + y : non-numeric argument to binary operator
# Execution halted
z = paste(x, y, sep="")
z # FooBar
length(z) # 1
# Join elements of a vector
fruits = c("Apple", "Banana")
q = paste(fruits, collapse ="-")
q # Apple-Banana
# join elements of a numeric vector
numbers = c(2, 3, 4)
class(numbers) # numeric
nums = paste(numbers, collapse ="-")
nums # 2-3-4