Re: [R] using the name of an argument in a function

Hi, This is a dangerous game you are playing. I would play with the call stack, i.e sys.calls : setMethod("fun","character", definition = function(y,x,...){ stack <- sys.calls( ) stack.fun <- Filter( function(.) .[[1]] == as.name("fun"), stack ) nameO

[R] using the name of an argument in a function

Hi all, In a function, I need to get the name of a variable that has been used to call the function. For example, I want: --- 8< -- toto <- 3 fun <- function(y){ nameOfY <-deparse(substitute(y)) cat("name is ",nameOfY) } fun(toto) # [1] name is toto --- 8< But deparse(substitut