[R] colname of ... arguments

[David Scott]

ManInMoon wrote:
> I have writtn a function where I pass a variable number of arguments.
> 
> I They are vectors and I can manipulate them, but I need to get hold of the
> name for a legend.
> 
> niceplot<-function(...) {
>    parms=list(...)
> 
>   for (x in parms) {
>     DoSomethingWith(x)
>   }
> 
> }
> 
> BUT how how can I get something like namestring(...) of nameofvector(x)?


I use the following syntax to get the name of a data object to use in a 
title, label or whatever.

xname <- paste(deparse(substitute(x), 500), collapse = "\n")

This is taken from hist.default so at least has some provenance as an 
appropriate method.

David Scott

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