Hi, Something along these lines should get you there:
RFF <- function(qtype, qOpt, ...) { mc <- match.call(expand.dots=TRUE) vec <- c("flag","sep","dec") matchedargs <- match(vec, names(mc), FALSE) } 'matchedargs' will be a vector of the positions in mc where it matched 'vec' (or 0 if it did not). If you just want to extract the actual arguments passed afterward, use the [[ extraction operator. Cheers, Josh On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:45 AM, raje...@cse.iitm.ac.in <raje...@cse.iitm.ac.in> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a function that I'm writing. The arguments in the function are as > follows > > RFF<-function(qtype, qOpt,...){} > i.e., I have two args that are compulsary and the rest are optional. Now when > my user passes the function call, I need to see what optional args are > defined and process accordingly...what I have so far is.. > > RFF<-function(qtype, qOpt,...){ > mc <- match.call(expand.dots=TRUE) > } > > I need to see what all args have been sent out of > vec<-c("flag","sep","dec") and define if-else conditions based on whether > they have been defined. How do I do this? > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.