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Referring to an object name from within a function

3 messages · zerfetzen, David Winsemius

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zerfetzen
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Can anyone show me how to refer to an object name that is passed to a
function, from within the function?

For example:

MyModel <- 1

test <- function(x) {
     if(x == 1) {cat("x is a valid object.\n")}
}

test(x)

What I would like this to do is pass MyModel to function test, and if it
passes a test, be able to print "MyModel is a valid object."

Thanks.
David Winsemius
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On Dec 29, 2010, at 9:18 AM, zerfetzen wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
deparse(substitute(x))

            

      
      
      
    

        
Well you don't want to test(x) since x has not been defined. You wnat  
to test(MyModel)

MyModel <- 1

test <- function(x) {xname <- deparse(substitute(x))
     if(x == 1) {cat(xname, " is a valid object.\n")}
}

test(MyModel)
#MyModel  is a valid object.

            

      
      
      
    

        
David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT