[R] clean programming

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Its a FAQ

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-turn-a-string-into-a-variable_003f

On Dec 16, 2007 9:25 AM,  <cgenolin at u-paris10.fr> wrote:
> Hello the list,
>
> I am trying to write a "cleanProgramming" function to test the
> procedure I use. For example, I want to be sure that I am not using
> globals variables. The function "findGlobals" detect that.
>
> To list the globals used in function "fun", the syntax is :
> "findGlobals(fun,FALSE)$variable"
>
> My problem is that I want to use it in a function, something like :
>
> cleanProg <- function(name){
>  if(length(findGlobals(name,FALSE)$variable>0){
>    cat("Warnings: there is globals is function ",name,"\a\n")
>  }
> }
>
> But findGlobals take a function as first argument, not a variable
> containing a function name.
>
> Anyway to solve that?
>
> Christophe
>
>
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