R function that returns a string literal

Question

I have a vector: c(1,2,3)

Calling print() on this value gives [1] 1 2 3

Is there a function that takes a vector and gives the string c(1,2,3)?

Answer 1

You can use deparse:

R> x <- c(1, 2, 3)
R> deparse(x)
[1] "c(1, 2, 3)"
R> class(deparse(x))
[1] "character"

Answer 2

using dput:

a <- c(1, 2, 3);
dput(a)