On 12/2/2007 6:24 PM, Tom Sgouros wrote: > Hello all: > > I have a function that writes a fairly elaborate report based on some > survey data. For documentation and bookkeeping purposes, I'd like to > write out in the report the function call that produced the report, or > at least enough information to help me recreate the steps that led to > that report. I've been generating all the reports with scripts, in > order to be able to recreate the steps, but apart from the file name, I > don't yet have a way to match the report to the script that created it. > > Can anyone suggest easy ways to do this? From within a function, is the > function call text available somehow, or the names of the arguments used > in the function invocation?
I think Gabor has answered your question directly, but another approach to solve the same underlying problem might be to work with Sweave. (Or ODFweave, etc.) These allow you to mix R code right into a document that explains the reasoning and includes both the input and output of the script. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ 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.
