mea culpa. f <- function(...) { ## parse out the arguments and then do something with them }
## all of these should result in the same actions f(2,3) ## interprets a to be first and b to be second f(a=2,b=3) f(b=3,a=2) f(data.frame(a=2,b=3)) f(data.frame(b=3,a=1)) On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:00 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:58 PM, ivo welch wrote: > >> hi david---can you give just a little more of an example? the >> function should work with call by order, call by name, and data frame >> whose columns are the names. /iaw >> > > It is I who should be expecting you to provide an example. > > -- David. > ______________________________________________ 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.