On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:14 PM, William Dunlap <wdun...@tibco.com> wrote: > deparse(substitute(fnc)) will get you part way there. ... > I like to let the user override what substitute might say by > making a new argument out of it: >> applyFunc(function(x)x*10, 1:3) > fnc is function(x) x * 10 > [1] 10 20 30 >> applyFunc(function(x)x*10, 1:3, fncString="Times 10") > fnc is Times 10 > [1] 10 20 30 > This makes is easier to call your function from another one - you > can pass the fncString down through a chain of calls.
Thanks, very good suggestions. The function I am writing is of course much more complicated than the simplistic example. Peter ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
