Re: [R] Function argument as string

Perfect. Thanks Erik. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Erik Iverson wrote: > > > Vishwanath Sindagi wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Suppose a write a function >> >> a_fn<-function(arg1) >> { >> >>    return(table(arg1)); >> } >> >> I have a column called AGE. Now I call the function c = a_fn(AGE); >> >> W

Re: [R] Function argument as string

Try # data AGE <- rpois(25, 30) # option 1 foo <- function(string) table(get(deparse(substitute(string foo(AGE)# no quotes # option 2 foo2 <- function(string) table(get(string)) foo2('AGE') # note the quotes here HTH, Jorge On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Vishwanath Sindagi <> wrot

Re: [R] Function argument as string

Vishwanath Sindagi wrote: Hi, Suppose a write a function a_fn<-function(arg1) { return(table(arg1)); } I have a column called AGE. Now I call the function c = a_fn(AGE); When a_fn is called, AGE is received in arg1. My question is, how do I access the actual name of the argument arg1?