[R] Getting the argument list within a function

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Tue Sep 14 17:00:41 CEST 2004


Is formals() what you're looking for?

Andy

> From: Roger D. Peng
> 
> Is there a way of getting the argument list of a function from within 
> that function?  For example, something like
> 
> f <- function(x, y = 3) {
> 	fargs <- getFunctionArgList()
> 	print(fargs)  ## Should be `alist(x, y = 3)'
> }
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -roger
> 
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