[R] extracting object names as strings

[Agustin Lobo]

Look at the example in help(deparse). 
deparse(substitute(x)) is used there, as.character(substitute(x))
should also work.
Actually, I made a simple function named "get.name"
with the first solution just to have an easier-to-remember
function!

Agus

Dr. Agustin Lobo
Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC)
Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n
08028 Barcelona SPAIN
tel 34 93409 5410
fax 34 93411 0012
alobo at ija.csic.es


On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, David A Richmond wrote:

> Hi,
> 	I'm looking for a function which returns the name of the argument
> object as a string: 
> 
> >vect <- 1:3
> >function(vect)
> "vect"
> 
> I've looked at 'name', 'names', 'objects', none seem to do exactly what I
> want. ls/objects comes close, but I can't figure out how to force it to
> give me only one object name.
> 
> daver
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