Look at the source code to the Defaults package. On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Miguel Bernal<mber...@marine.rutgers.edu> wrote: > Dear R-users, > > I am trying to develop a function that takes another function as an argument, > changes its default values and returns a list of things, among which the > initial function with its default arguments changed. An example of what i > will like to obtain below: > > ## initial function > > myfun <- function(x, a=19, b=21){ return(a * x + b) } > > ## this is the function i will like to create > ## (does not work as it is written here) > > mysecond.fun <- function(a, b, c = myfun(a=2, b=15)){ > return(list(a=a, b=b c=c)) > } > > So I would be able to call: > > mysecond.fun$c(x=12) > > And this will be equivalent of calling: > > myfun(x=12, a=2, b=15 ) ## i.e. i have changed the default values of myfun and > ## stored it in a new function mysecond.fun$c > > Any help will be greatly appreciated! > > Miguel Bernal. > > > ---- > Current address: > Ocean Modeling group, > Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences > University of Rutgers > 71 Dudley Road, New Brusnkwick, > New Jersey 08901, USA > email: mber...@marine.rutgers.edu > phone: +1 732 932 3692 > Fax: +1 732 932 8578 > --------------------------------------------- > Permanent address: > Instituto Español de Oceanografía > Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz > Puerto Pesquero, Muelle de Levante, s/n > Apdo. 2609, 11006 Cádiz, Spain > email: miguel.ber...@cd.ieo.es > phone: +34 956 294189 > Fax: +34 956 294232 > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >
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