Calling R functions with multiple arguments from C
Try PrintValue(R_fcall):
function(x,y)match.call()
(list(x = 10, y = 12))
You want a pairlist of length 1+nargs, not a pairlist of pairlists. Here
is one way to do it (there are many)
#include <Rinternals.h>
SEXP foo(SEXP fn, SEXP elmt1, SEXP elmt2, SEXP rho)
{
SEXP R_fcall, args, ans,s;
PROTECT( R_fcall = lang3(fn, elmt1, elmt2) );
s = CDR(R_fcall);
SET_TAG(s, install("x"));
s = CDR(R_fcall);
SET_TAG(s, install("y"));
ans = eval(R_fcall, rho);
UNPROTECT(1);
return ans;
}
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Rossouw, Ruan (RF) wrote:
Hi,
I'm writing a C function that has to call a R function with multiple
arguments. I've read the relevant section in Writing R Extensions, and
searched the R site, mailing lists as well as rseek. I managed to call
the function, but I'm now having trouble creating the argument list.
I tried to create a pairlist of the arguments and send it to the R
function. The R function however only recieves one argument as a list. I
can change the R function to use this argument, but would like to know
what I'm doing wrong. I copied the C and R code below. It is code
submitted by Timur Elzhov on the the R mailing list under the discussion
Calling R function from within C code that I've modified. I've read that
discussion, but still got stuck. Could anybody point me in the right
direction?
SEXP foo(SEXP fn, SEXP elmt1, SEXP elmt2, SEXP rho)
{
SEXP R_fcall, args, ans,s;
PROTECT( args = s = allocList(2));
PROTECT( R_fcall = lang2(fn, R_NilValue) );
SETCAR(s,elmt1);
SET_TAG(s,install("x"));
s = CDR(s);
SETCAR(s,elmt2);
SET_TAG(s,install("y"));
SETCADR( R_fcall, args);
PROTECT( ans = eval(R_fcall, rho) );
UNPROTECT(3);
return ans;
}
foo.func <- function(x,y)match.call()
.Call("foo",foo.func,x=10,y=12,new.env())
function(x,y)match.call() (x = list(x = 10, y = 12))
sessionInfo()
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