[R] formula mungeing

[Koenker, Roger W]

Suppose I have a formula like this:

	f <- y ~ qss(x, lambda = lambdas[1]) + qss(z, lambdas[2]) + s

I’d like a function, g(lambdas, f)  that would take g(c(2,3), f) and produce the new
formula:

	y ~ qss(x, lambda = 2) + qss(z, 3) + s

For only two qss terms I have been using 

	g <- function(lambdas, f){
		F <- deparse(f) 
		F <- gsub("lambdas\\[1\\]",lambdas[1],F)
		F <- gsub("lambdas\\[2\\]",lambdas[2],F)
		formula(F) 
	}
but this is ugly and doesn’t extend nicely to more qss terms.  Isn’t there some
bquote() magic that can be invoked?  Or something else entirely?