Re: [R] function input as variable name (deparse/quote/paste) ??
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 04:01:21PM -0800, casperyc wrote: Sorry if I wasn't stating what I really wanted or it was a bit confusing. Basically, there are MANY datasets to run suing the same function I have written a function to analyze it and returns a LIST of useful out put in the variable 'res' (to the workspace). I also created another script run.r such as myname(dat1) myname(dat2) myname(dat3) myname(dat4) myname(dat5) For now, each time the output in the main workspace 'res' (the list) is over written. I want it to have different suffix to differentiate them. So I can have a look later after the batch is run. I see no advantage in having that information in variable names. Just - add the name of the data set to the information that is included in the returned list. - run your function with sapply() and the returned list of sapply will be a list of lists. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) h...@sociologi.cjb.net __ 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.
Re: [R] function input as variable name (deparse/quote/paste) ??
Thank you everyone for your reply. Like I said in my original post, this is just a demonstrative example of my 'big' self written script. My 'big' function take several inputs, of which the first 1 is the dataset and returns a LIST variable 'res-list()' to the workspace with many information. The names of my actual datasets are NOT in any pattern, like 'dat1', 'dat2', 'dat3'. That's why i wonder if I can modify the line 'res-' in anyway to be 'res.dat-' where 'dat' in the first input. So I can CALL via 'res.dat' (or res.newdata, res.olddata, res.tmpdata,res.hisdata) in the workspace any time I want to have a look. - ### PhD candidate in Statistics School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent ### -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/function-input-as-variable-name-deparse-quote-paste-tp4462841p4464294.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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.
[R] function input as variable name (deparse/quote/paste) ??
Hi all
Say I have a function:
myname=function(dat,x=5,y=6){
res-x+y-dat
}
for various input such as
myname(dat1)
myname(dat2)
myname(dat3)
myname(dat4)
myname(dat5)
how should I modify the 'res' line, to have new informative variable name
correspondingly, such as
dat1.res
dat2.res
dat3.res
dat4.res
dat5.res
stored in the workspace.
This is only an example of a complex function I have written.
Thanks in advance!
Casper
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Re: [R] function input as variable name (deparse/quote/paste) ??
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 01:29:16PM -0800, casperyc wrote:
Hi all
Say I have a function:
myname=function(dat,x=5,y=6){
res-x+y-dat
}
for various input such as
myname(dat1)
myname(dat2)
myname(dat3)
myname(dat4)
myname(dat5)
how should I modify the 'res' line, to have new informative variable name
correspondingly, such as
dat1.res
dat2.res
dat3.res
dat4.res
dat5.res
stored in the workspace.
Why not keep the information of input values in a list, or vector?
What is gained by storing that info in the variable _name_ ? Your
function could return a list with both the result and the input value.
While you did say that this was part of something complex, I suspect
your post might be a case of Being overly specific and not stating
your real goal.
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Re: [R] function input as variable name (deparse/quote/paste) ??
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:29 AM, casperyc caspe...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
Hi all
Say I have a function:
myname=function(dat,x=5,y=6){
res-x+y-dat
}
for various input such as
myname(dat1)
myname(dat2)
myname(dat3)
myname(dat4)
myname(dat5)
how should I modify the 'res' line, to have new informative variable name
correspondingly, such as
dat1.res
dat2.res
dat3.res
dat4.res
dat5.res
You *can* do it with
myname=function(dat,x=5,y=6){
name-paste(deparse(substitute(dat)),res,sep=.)
assign(name, x+y-dat, parent.frame(), inherits=TRUE)
}
but I would be very surprised if this is actually the best way to do
whatever complex thing you are really doing.
It's very unusual for assignments into the global workspace to be a
useful R programming technique.
-thomas
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Re: [R] function input as variable name (deparse/quote/paste) ??
Sorry if I wasn't stating what I really wanted or it was a bit confusing. Basically, there are MANY datasets to run suing the same function I have written a function to analyze it and returns a LIST of useful out put in the variable 'res' (to the workspace). I also created another script run.r such as myname(dat1) myname(dat2) myname(dat3) myname(dat4) myname(dat5) For now, each time the output in the main workspace 'res' (the list) is over written. I want it to have different suffix to differentiate them. So I can have a look later after the batch is run. Thanks. casper -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/function-input-as-variable-name-deparse-quote-paste-tp4462841p4463044.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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.
Re: [R] function input as variable name (deparse/quote/paste) ??
On 11-03-2012, at 01:01, casperyc wrote:
Sorry if I wasn't stating what I really wanted or it was a bit confusing.
Basically, there are MANY datasets to run suing the same function
I have written a function to analyze it and returns a LIST of useful out put
in the variable 'res' (to the workspace).
Your function uses return?
Probably not.
I also created another script run.r such as
myname(dat1)
myname(dat2)
myname(dat3)
myname(dat4)
myname(dat5)
For now, each time the output in the main workspace 'res' (the list) is over
written.
I want it to have different suffix to differentiate them. So I can have a
look later after the batch is run.
Well, if that is the case then there is a better way than doing global
assignments in a function.
Make sure myfunction returns the list of results with return() and don't do
global assignment with -
for( k in 1:5) {
dataname - paste(data,k,sep=)
resname - paste(res,k,sep=)
assign(resname, myfunction(get(dataname)))
}
Berend
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