Re: [R] Avoid using "eval" in a neat way

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 14-02-01 11:40 AM, Hai Qian wrote:
I know using eval is not optimal and maybe bad, but how to avoid using eval
in the following example
func1 <- function(dat, eval.this) {
     eval(parse(text = paste0("with(dat, ", eval.this, ")")))
}

dat <- data.frame(x = 1:2, y = 2:3)

func1(dat, "x*2+y")

func1(dat, "sin(x)*cos(y)")

Here eval.this is a string that contains whatever the user wants to
evaluate. I wonder whether there is a neat way to avoid using eval in this
case? So far I have not figured out a way to do this.

You're asking how to parse some text and evaluate it without using eval. 
Sounds impossible to me.

Duncan Murdoch

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