Or perhaps:
myfun <- function(fname, ...)match.fun(fname)(...)
On 07/03/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Was wondering if it is possible to pass function name as a parameter
>
> Yes. This isn't exactly what you wanted, but it demonstrates the
> principle.
>
> x = rnorm(5)
> [1] -0.6510448 0.4591730 1.3225205 1.2314391 -0.0888139
>
> myfun <- function(fname, x) eval(parse(text=paste(fname,"(x)",sep="")))
> myfun('max',x)
> [1] 1.322521
>
> myfun('min',x)
> [1] -0.6510448
>
> Regards,
> Richie.
>
> Mathematical Sciences Unit
> HSL
>
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