[R] manipulating "..." inside a function

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: Deepayan Sarkar [mailto:deepayan at stat.wisc.edu]
> On Friday 21 March 2003 02:36 pm, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> > Dear R-help,
> >
> > Can some one tell me how to do the following (if it's possible)?
> >
> > Suppose I have a function like this:
> >
> > f <- function(x, y, ...) {
> >     ## some code
> >     g(x, y, ...)
> >    ## some more code
> > }
> 
> Why not (in the context you describe below)
> 
> f <- function(x, y, panel.number, ...) {
>     ## some code
>     g(x, y, ...)
>    ## some more code
> }
> 
> ? (This is the trick usually used for the strip function in 
> particular.) 

Ah... Yes.  It didn't come me to put unwanted argument as part of the formal
parameters of the function to catch it.  Very nifty!  Thanks!

Andy


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