Hi, Please try ?parse and ?eval. Here is an example: text <- "3*6" parse(text=text) eval(parse(text=text)) ----- A R learner. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/how-to-convert-string-to-object-tp2999281p2999336.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.