I am not sure what you mean by a "hack"? Can you elaborate further, give details on the problem you are trying to solve.
Does this work as a "lesser hack": > tail(as.character(quote(mtcars$cyl)),1) [1] "cyl" > tail(as.character(quote(cyl)),1) [1] "cyl" > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all > Is there an easier way to retrieve the name of an object? For example, >> tmp <- 1:10 >> as.character(quote(tmp)) > [1] "tmp" >> as.character(quote(mtcars$cyl)) > [1] "$" "mtcars" "cyl" >> as.character(quote(mtcars$cyl))[3] > [1] "cyl" > > The last call more than anything seems a hack. Is there a better way? > > Thank you > Liviu > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.