Re: [R] Use function parameter as an unevaluated text string

2014-01-29 Thread William Dunlap
@r-project.org] On > Behalf > Of John Sorkin > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:48 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Use function parameter as an unevaluated text string > > I would like to take a parameter passed to a function as a text string. I > don'

Re: [R] Use function parameter as an unevaluated text string

2014-01-29 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
doit <- function(data) { cat("This function is using values from the data frame", deparse(substitute(data)), "\n") } On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:48 PM, John Sorkin wrote: > I would like to take a parameter passed to a function as a text string. I > don't want the parameter evaluated, I want it u

[R] Use function parameter as an unevaluated text string

2014-01-29 Thread John Sorkin
I would like to take a parameter passed to a function as a text string. I don't want the parameter evaluated, I want it uses exactly as passed, doit <- function(data) { cat("This function is using values from the data frame ",data,"\n") } mydata <- data.frame(x = c(1,2,3), y=c(3,2,1)) doit(myd