On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Payam Minoofar <
payam.minoo...@meissner.com> wrote:
> ...I would like to have a function acquire an object by reference, and
> within the function create new objects based on the original object and then
> use the name of the original object as the base for the n
Well, R does not do references like some other languages do (I am not familiar
with Igor). Partly because of the danger that references pose (you don't know
if a function has just changed you data or not). If you use environments, then
you can work with objects in a reference like manner (but
Payam Minoofar wrote:
> IGOR Pro has a built-in function that returns the name of an object as a
> string, and I was wondering if R has a similar facility.
>
?substitute
?deparse
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You are, indeed, correct. I'm still used to the IGOR Pro programming language
(for which I even wrote an introductory manual, http://payam.minoofar.com/igor/)
The feedback I've gotten has been fantastic, and I know how I'm going to
proceed from this point forward.
Nevertheless, I'll solicit mor
Generally when someone asks a question like this, they are trying to program in
a different language using R rather than taking advantage of the power of R
itself. If you give us more information on what you are trying to accomplish,
then we may be able to give better advice on how to accomplis
Hi Payam,
Here's a basic example using pointless
data frames and an otherwise useless
function to illustrate the issues you
want
> ## Fresh R session with nothing yet defined
> foo <- data.frame(matrix(1:12, ncol = 3))
> bar <- data.frame(matrix(101:112, ncol = 3))
>
> objects()
[1] "bar" "foo"
On 12/06/2009 6:00 PM, Payam Minoofar wrote:
Hi,
How do I use the string content of a string variable to reference a data frame
of the same name? I want to do the typical tasks of 1) building a name with a
string variable and using the string variable to create a data frame (or any
object) wh
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