Does R have quote-like operators like Perl's qw()?

Question

Anyone know if R has quote-like operators like Perl's qw() for generating character vectors?

Answer 1

I don't think so.

From An Introduction to R Programming:

Character vectors commonly arise in R. They can be entered with either double (") or single (’) quotes.

Answer 2

No, but you can write it yourself:

q <- function(...) {
  sapply(match.call()[-1], deparse)
}

And just to show it works:

> q(a, b, c)
[1] "a" "b" "c"