[R] Recovering object names when using the ... argument in a fn XXXX

[Bert Gunter]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "names." Does the following meet
your needs?

f <- function(...)names(list(...))

> f(a=2,b=3)
[1] "a" "b"
> f(a=2,3)
[1] "a" ""

If not, a reproducible example of what you want might be helpful.

Cheers,
Bert




On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Dan Abner <dan.abner99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using the ... argument to parmeterize a user define fn to accept
> multiple input objects. I subsquently save all these data as a list.
> Question: what is the best way to recover or extract the original object
> names that were fed to the fn?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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