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creating a formula on-the-fly inside a function

Dr Carbon 
I have a function that, among other things, runs a linear model and
returns r2. But, the number of predictor variables passed to the
function changes from 1 to 3. How can I change the formula inside the
function depending on the number of variables passed in?

An example:

get.model.fit <- function(response.dat, pred1.dat, pred2.dat = NULL,
pred3.dat = NULL)
{
    res <- lm(response.dat ~ pred1.dat + pred2.dat + pred3.dat)
    summary(res)$r.squared
    # other stuff happens here...
}

y <- rnorm(10)
x1 <- y + runif(10)
x2 <- y + runif(10)
x3 <- y + runif(10)
get.model.fit(y, x1, x2, x3)
get.model.fit(y, x1, x2)
get.model.fit(y, x1)

Many thanks....
DrC
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platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386           
os       mingw32        
system   i386, mingw32  
status                  
major    2              
minor    0.1            
year     2004           
month    11             
day      15             
language R

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