yes you're right, maybe this is better
> f <- function(x){sin(x)+exp(x)}
> strng <- gsub("(x)", "(xyz)", deparse(body(f))[2], fixed = TRUE)
> sub('^[[:space:]]+', '', strng)
[1] "sin(xyz) + exp(xyz)"
Best,
Dimitris
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Hankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dimitris Rizopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Robin Hankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [R] functions and strings
> Hi Dmitris
>
> thanks for this but it's not quite right:
>
>
> > f <- function(x){sin(x)+exp(x)}
> > strng <- gsub("x", "xyz", deparse(body(f))[2])
> > sub('^[[:space:]]+', '', strng)
> [1] "sin(xyz) + exyzp(xyz)"
>
>
> and I would want "sin(xyz) + exp(xyz)"
>
>
>
>
> On 13 Sep 2006, at 08:45, Dimitris Rizopoulos wrote:
>
>> strng <- gsub("x", "xyz", deparse(body(f))[2])
>> sub('^[[:space:]]+', '', strng)
>
> --
> Robin Hankin
> Uncertainty Analyst
> National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
> European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
> tel 023-8059-7743
>
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