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I was wondering if there was a way to assign a value and print the value to the console succinctly. 

x <- 1:5; x

This is how I would presently do this, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it in one statement.

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You can try:

(x <- 1:5)

or

print(x <- 1:5)

though that won't work for things like

(names(x) <- letters[1:5])

though for that specific example you can do:

(x <- setNames(x, letters[1:5]))
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  • Didn't expect it but `("names – alexis_laz Feb 25 '14 at 09:32
  • @alexis_laz, but unfortunately that doesn't actually set the names for `x`; I think in order for the black magic to work you have to use the `names(x) – BrodieG Feb 25 '14 at 13:17
  • Hm, I looked into what you said and I got confused.. E.g. see this `x = 1; y = c(1,2); "names – alexis_laz Feb 25 '14 at 14:12
  • @alexis_laz, I'm afraid I still don't get any names being set for either `x` or `y` with your code. If I try `names(x) – BrodieG Feb 25 '14 at 14:20
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    Please see this other **[SO Q/A](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22022772/why-is-a-length-one-vector-initially-at-nam2)** for more details on the differences @alexis_laz and I were seeing here. – BrodieG Feb 25 '14 at 20:33