[R] function call

[vincent at 7d4.com]

Peter Dalgaard a écrit :

> vincent at 7d4.com writes:
> 
>>Dear R-users,
>>
>>When a function f1() is called, is there a way to know,
>>from inside the function f1(), if f1() is directly called from the
>>R console, or indirectly from another function f2() ?
>>
>>Of course, I may add an argument to f1(..., callbyf2=FALSE) only used
>>by f2() giving explicitely this info, but I would like to know
>>if there may be a more generic way ?
>>
>>Thanks for any info or pointer
> 
> 
> You can always query via sys.status/sys.call/sys.function etc. Or, if
> the issue is whether the call is from the command line: 
> 
>   identical(parent.frame(), globalenv())
> 
> However, it does look a bit like unsound programming practice. Why do
> you perceive a need to do this?

I have some functions which may :
1/ either be called directly by the user thru the R console,
to obtain only an information concerning a unique argument,
f(arg1).
In this case, I sometimes like to get *detailed* information
about the results : date(), file info, etc
2/ either be called from inside a for loop in a function f2()
passing in review a long list of arguments,
f(arg1),f(arg2),..., f(argn)
and summarizing the results
In this case, I don't want to see the details 100 times.

But my question was also simply for a better R knowledge.

interactive() seems nice.
Thanks for the info.