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Re: integer to string??

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  • Subject: [mg30953] Re: [mg30940] integer to string??
  • From: BobHanlon at aol.com
  • Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 03:55:01 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In a message dated 2001/9/27 2:20:09 AM, wzn at jongnederland.nl writes:

>Is it possible to append an integer to a string? For example in a for-loop
>i'm trying to create the strings: file1, file2, file3, etc. How can I do
>this by appending a counter (i) to the string filee.
>

If, as in your case, the desired result is strings

Table["file"<>ToString[k], {k, 5}]

{"file1", "file2", "file3", 
  "file4", "file5"}

If the desired result is symbols (variables) then 
ToExpression[Table["file"<>ToString[k], {k, 5}]]

{file1, file2, file3, file4, file5}


Bob Hanlon
Chantilly, VA  USA


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