See the FAQ for your question. In addition make sure you read about the "keep.source" option on the ?options page to find out the situation in which attr(f, "source") will or will not work.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:26 PM, blue sky <[email protected]> wrote: >> f=function(){ print('in f')} >> attr(f, 'source') > [1] "function(){ print('in f')}" > > I have the above simple function. I can use the variable f to refer to > the function and get the function source. > > Suppose that I have 'f' as a string (say I get it from ls()), could > somebody let me know how to get the function from the name 'f'? > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. > ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.

