There are several options. The option that is most like search and
replace is to use the `sub` or `gsub` function (or similar functions
in added packages). But you may be able to accomplish what you want
even simpler by using the `paste`, `paste0`, or `sprintf` functions.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:10 PM, KMNanus <kmna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for getting back to me, I’m sorry if I was unclear.
>
> What I’m trying to figure out is the equivalent of “find and replace” in Word.
>
> I have a function -
>
> myfun <- function(z){
> ggplot(df, aes(x,y)+
> geom_point() +
> ggtitle (“_______ quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog”)}
>
> Calling myfun(z) works perfectly. What I’m trying to do is add a string to
> myfun so that it would read: function(z, “string”){
>
> Then I could call myfun(z, “string”) to replace the space in ggtitle. Is
> there a straightforward way to do that?
>
> Ken
> kmna...@gmail.com
> 914-450-0816 (tel)
> 347-730-4813 (fax)
>
>
>
>> On Jun 28, 2016, at 12:20 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 27, 2016, at 6:12 PM, KMNanus <kmna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I’m inexperience but am trying to get my head around using functions to
>>> make a number of ggplots easier to do.
>>>
>>> I have a function that creates a ggplot taking one input variable as an
>>> argument. The variable name is shorthand for the actual variable (variable
>>> name = tue, Actual name = Tuesday). Since I want to use the actual
>>> variable name in ylab and ggtitle, I’d like to add a second argument,
>>> new.name, to the function which would allow me to utilize both inputs as
>>> arguments but have not been successful. I tried creating a function within
>>> the function to accomplish this, using deparse(substitute(new.name))and
>>> also using the code you see below.
>>>
>>>
>>> myfun <- function(myvar, new.name){
>>> function(new.name){return(as.character(substitute(new.name)))}
>>> ggplot(b12.2, aes(x= games, y = myvar, col = Group))+
>>> geom_point() +
>>> geom_line()+
>>> xlab("Minimum Games" ) +
>>> ylab(paste(new.name, “Average Change"))+
>>> ggtitle(new.name, "Change \n as a Function of Minimum Number of Games”)+
>>> theme_bw()
>>>
>>> When call myfun(myvar, new.name), I get an error msg “new.name is not
>>> found” whether I call new.name or Tuesday.
>>
>> Q1: At the moment we have no idea _how_ you might be "calling" this
>> function. We also do not know what might be assigned to `myvar` or
>> `new.name` in the calling environment. Sounds unlikely that you are typing:
>>
>> myfun(myvar, new.name) ## ?, so was there a loop/lapply calling method?
>>
>>
>> Q2: You should not imagine that the inner anonymous function would be
>> altering the value of `new.name`. (That function is only defined and never
>> called, and even if it were called, it would not change the value of the
>> `new.name` in the calling environment.)
>>
>> Since more than 12 hours have passed with no response, we can surmise that
>> many people have passed the question over after concluding there was an
>> incomplete problem description. You should post code that can be cut-pasted
>> into a session and produce the error you are getting. It would include data
>> setup and a loop or loop equivalent to show how the function is being called.
>>
>> --
>> David.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I want ggplot to automatically insert Tuesday into ylab and ggtitle.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me with this? Thanks for your patience.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>> kmna...@gmail.com <mailto:kmna...@gmail.com>
>>> 914-450-0816 (tel)
>>> 347-730-4813 (fax)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> David Winsemius
>> Alameda, CA, USA
>
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