Accessing element in named vector in R without variable name -

i trying access value of element in named character vector in r. using example in http://www.r-tutor.com/r-introduction/vector/named-vector-members tried following:

v = c("mary", "sue") v [1] "mary" "sue" names(v) = c("first", "last") v  first   last "mary"  "sue" v["first"]  first "mary"

i return "mary" without name "first" (and shown in tutorial above), when try gives name along value. tried set variable, hoping give value

> teststr = v["first"] > teststr  first "mary" >

but still variable name (first) along value. tried following, gives same - value along element name.

> > v[names(v)=="first"]  first "mary" >

the data have work project produces same results. appreciate getting "mary" without "first".

thanks - pankaj

you can use unname

> unname(v["first"]) [1] "mary"

also, can use getelement alternative

> getelement(v, "first") [1] "mary"

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