Create a numeric vector with names in one statement?

Question

I\'m trying to set the default value for a function parameter to a named numeric. Is there a way to create one in a single statement? I checked ?numeric and ?vector but it

Answer 1

...as a side note, the structure function allows you to set ALL attributes, not just names:

structure(1:10, names=letters[1:10], foo="bar", class="myclass")

Which would produce

 a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  j 
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 
attr(,"foo")
[1] "bar"
attr(,"class")
[1] "myclass"