These don't work either:
args(match.fun("{"))
args("{")
On 7/11/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
> > On 7/11/2007 9:40 AM, Seth Falcon wrote:
> >> Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >>> My problem is that if we mak
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 7/11/2007 9:40 AM, Seth Falcon wrote:
>> Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> My problem is that if we make formals() work on primitives, people will
>>> expect
>>>
>>> formals(log) <- value
>>>
>>> to work, and it cannot.
>>
>>
On 7/11/2007 9:40 AM, Seth Falcon wrote:
> Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> My problem is that if we make formals() work on primitives, people will
>> expect
>>
>> formals(log) <- value
>>
>> to work, and it cannot.
>
> But it could give an informative error message. Asking fo
Even that does not appear to work everywhere.
Either of these returns NULL:
formals(args("{"))
formals(args(match.fun("{")))
> R.version.string # XP
[1] "R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27)"
On 7/11/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > formals(args(log))
> $x
>
>
> $base
> exp(1)
>
> g
Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My problem is that if we make formals() work on primitives, people will
> expect
>
> formals(log) <- value
>
> to work, and it cannot.
But it could give an informative error message. Asking for formals()
seems to make sense so making it work seems
My problem is that if we make formals() work on primitives, people will
expect
formals(log) <- value
to work, and it cannot.
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Martin Maechler wrote:
>> "BDR" == Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:48:56 +0100 (BST) writes:
>
>>> f
> "BDR" == Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:48:56 +0100 (BST) writes:
>> formals(args(log))
BDR> $x
BDR> $base
BDR> exp(1)
BDR> gives what formals(log) used to.
(I knew). I've been asking myself several times now,
if we should not m
Thanks! Worked like a charm.
Regards,
M. Manese
On 7/11/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > formals(args(log))
> $x
>
>
> $base
> exp(1)
>
> gives what formals(log) used to.
>
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, miguel manese wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In the latest R this does not work anymore
> formals(args(log))
$x
$base
exp(1)
gives what formals(log) used to.
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, miguel manese wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the latest R this does not work anymore
>
> args <- formals(log)
>
> because log is primitive. Is there any other way to get the argument
> list? I just need the name of
Hi,
In the latest R this does not work anymore
args <- formals(log)
because log is primitive. Is there any other way to get the argument
list? I just need the name of the parameter to display some error
message about it. I have looked at args() but I can't find anything to
extract the argument n
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