Most efficient way to create sequential string vector in R

Question

What is the most efficient way to do this in R?

VIC <- c()
for(i in 1:12){
  VIC[i] <- paste0("NG.FWD.P_TFI_M",i,":HELLO")
}

Answer 1

Vectorizing your for loop:

paste0("NG.FWD.P_TFI_M",1:12,":HELLO")