Re: [R] Access function as text from package by name

2018-09-28 Thread Deepayan Sarkar
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 2:16 PM Bert Gunter wrote: > > Do you mean: > ?get Doesn't work with :: etc: > get("graphics::box") Error in get("graphics::box") : object 'graphics::box' not found I think parse()+eval() is pretty much unavoidable. After that, it's a choice between deparse() and print()

Re: [R] Access function as text from package by name

2018-09-28 Thread Bert Gunter
Do you mean: ?get On Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 11:44 PM Sigbert Klinke wrote: > Hi, > > I guess I was not clear enough: the name of the function is stored as > string. Solutions which use the object directly do not help unfortunately. > > Thanks Sigbert > > Am 27.09.2018 um 12:30 schrieb Sigbert Klin

Re: [R] Access function as text from package by name

2018-09-27 Thread Sigbert Klinke
Hi, I guess I was not clear enough: the name of the function is stored as string. Solutions which use the object directly do not help unfortunately. Thanks Sigbert Am 27.09.2018 um 12:30 schrieb Sigbert Klinke: Hi, I want to have a function, e.g. graphics::box, as text. Currently I'am using

Re: [R] Access function as text from package by name

2018-09-27 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
deparse(graphics::box) /Henrik On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 3:30 AM Sigbert Klinke wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to have a function, e.g. graphics::box, as text. > Currently I'am using > > deparse(eval(parse(text='graphics::box'))) > > It is important that '::' and ':::' can be used in the name. > > Is th

Re: [R] Access function as text from package by name

2018-09-27 Thread MacQueen, Don via R-help
Or sink('stuff.txt') ; graphics::box ; sink() to have it in a text file. -- Don MacQueen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-627 Livermore, CA 94550 925-423-1062 Lab cell 925-724-7509 On 9/27/18, 4:55 AM, "R-help on behalf of Rui Barradas" wrote: Hello,

Re: [R] Access function as text from package by name

2018-09-27 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, Maybe capture.output(graphics::box) Hope this helps, Rui Barradas Às 11:30 de 27/09/2018, Sigbert Klinke escreveu: Hi, I want to have a function, e.g. graphics::box, as text. Currently I'am using deparse(eval(parse(text='graphics::box'))) It is important that '::' and ':::' can be

[R] Access function as text from package by name

2018-09-27 Thread Sigbert Klinke
Hi, I want to have a function, e.g. graphics::box, as text. Currently I'am using deparse(eval(parse(text='graphics::box'))) It is important that '::' and ':::' can be used in the name. Is there a simpler way? Thanks Sigbert -- https://hu.berlin/sk https://hu.berlin/mmstat3