Hi.
Maybe this is a stupid question. If so, I apologize, but here goes. Suppose I
have a function f1(x,...) that calls a function f2(y1,y2,...,yn) in the
following way: if x satisfies a certain condition, then I want to call
f2(x,y2,...,yn); otherwise I want to use the default value of y1, if there is
one. I could do something like the following:
v <- ifelse ( is.null(x), f2( , y2,..., yn), f2( x, y2,..., yn) )
but I'm doing this in a loop (where the y2,...,yn variables may change), and
I'd prefer not to execute the ifelse statement each time, so I'd like an
initial pre-loop ifelse such as the following:
y0 <- ifelse ( is.null(x), default(y1), x )
where default(y1) is the default value of the y1 argument of f2. Then, inside
the loop I'd have
v <- f2( y0, y2,..., yn )
Is there any mechanism that tells me how many arguments a function has, and the
default values of each one, if there are default values?
Thanks!
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