[R] evaluation question

Rolf Turner rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz
Wed Nov 23 00:24:31 CET 2011


On 23/11/11 07:31, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:
> Good morning Erin,
>
> eval(parse(text = "pexp(3.2,rate=1)"))
>
> seems to work
>
> But the general rule applies:
>
> library(fortunes)
> fortune("parse()")
The fortune notwithstanding I find this *specific* use of parse() to be
very, uh, useful! :-)

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner



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