[R] How do I access with the name of a (passed) function

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try this:

> show.name <- function(x) deparse(substitute(x))
> show.name(pi)
[1] "pi"


On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Ajay Shah <ajayshah at mayin.org> wrote:
> How would I do something like this:
>
> f <- function(x, g) {
>  s <- as.character(g)               # THIS DOES NOT WORK
>  sprintf("The %s of x is %.0f\n", s, g(x))
> }
>
> f(c(2,3,4), "median")
> f(c(2,3,4), "mean")
>
> and get the results
>
>   "The median of x is 3"
>   "The mean of x is 3"
>
> --
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