[R] argument names inside a function?

[R. Michael Weylandt]

Can you be a little more concrete?

If you want the form of the expression given (rather than its value),
deparse(substitute()) will work:

fnc1 <- function(x){ deparse(substitute(x))}

fnc1(3) # 3

fnc1(x) # "x"

fnc1(x + 4) # "x+4"

If you are passing them through the ... argument, you can coerce that
to a list and use the names() attribute.

If you want to reconstruct the exact call (e.g., for a modelling
function), match.call() will do it.

Hope this helps,
Michael

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Ed Siefker <ebs15242 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way I can get the names of the arguments passed to a
> function from within a function?
>
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