Coercing the Argument to a Name in R Programming - as.name() Function

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025
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: Python3 
# 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: Python3 
# 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"
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