Dan Kelley wrote:
Is there a way a function ('parent', say) can manipulate the ...
argument, and then pass the manipulated value into another function
('child', say) that it calls?
What I'm trying to do is to use some plotting defaults within 'parent'
that are not part of parent's argument list, but to let the use
over-ride these defaults if they choose. A sketch is below.
parent <- function(stuff, ...) {
dots <- list(...)
if (!"type" in names(list)) dots$type='p'
plot(stuff, unlist(dots)) # or alist()? or what?
}
do.call() is your friend here, because you can easily pass a *list* of
arguments to the function when calling it:
parent <- function(stuff, ...) {
dots <- list(...)
if (!"type" %in% names(list)) dots$type <- 'l'
do.call("plot", c(list(x=stuff), dots))
}
Best,
Uwe Ligges
I know, I can just make "type" be a formal argument of 'parent', and I'm
happy to do that, but I'm still in the learning stages with R, and so
I'm trying to become more familiar with as much R syntax as I can, even
if I end up doing things differently later on.
D. Kelley
Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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