Name Objects
DESCRIPTION:
Creates and tests for objects of mode "name". Name objects are primarily used in the parsed form of expressions to represent names typed by the user.
USAGE: 
as.name(x)
is.name(x)
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
x:
an S-PLUS object.
VALUE:
as.name coerces x to an object of mode "name". This is useful when x is of mode "character".

is.name tests whether x is a name object. That is, it returns TRUE if x is a name and FALSE otherwise.

DETAILS:
Both of these functions are generic; currently there are no methods defined for either of them.
NOTE:
The use of the word "name" here is different than in the names of a list or vector - see names for this sense.
SEE ALSO:
eval , call , names .
EXAMPLES: 
mode(eval(as.name("ls"))) # returns "function"