[R] Obtaining argument name within a function

[Sebastian Luque]

"Francisco J. Zagmutt" <gerifalte28 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> How can I obtain the name of the argument passed in a function? Here is a
> simplistic example of what I would like to obtain:
>
> myfunction= function(name) {
> print(paste("The parameter name was",unknownFunction(name))
> }
>
> myfunction(myobject)
> [1] "The parameter name was myobject"


?substitute

myfunction <- function(obj) {
  paste("The parameter name was", deparse(substitute(obj)))
}

myfunction(myobject)

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Sebastian P. Luque