Try
test.fn <- function(obj.name, var.name="q2"){
stopifnot( is.character(obj.name) & is.character(var.name) )
x <- subset( get(obj), select=var.name )
table(x)
}
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 12:44 +0300, Adrian DUSA wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'd like to create a function which would do some analysis on a particular
> object, which should be specified in advance. Something like:
>
> > ls()
> [1] "aa" "bb" "cc"
>
> Object <- "bb"
> var.name <- "q2"
> testfunction <- function(obj.name, var.name) {
> temp <- give.me.the.object.called(Object)
> table(temp[, var.name])
> }
>
> This should perfom the same thing as:
> table(bb$q2)
>
> Is this possible?
> TIA,
> Adrian
>
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