That is exactly what I wanted to do... Thanks for the hint...
Stéphane. Prof Brian Ripley a écrit : > On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Stéphane Cruveiller wrote: > > >> Thanks for your answer. >> >> Here is what I am trying to do. >> I have a list which is called MyList. I would like to get only the "name" >> of this object as a simple characters string. i.e. Is there a function in R >> which is able >> to give: >> >> >>> name<-fun(Mylist) >>> name >>> >> "MyList" >> > > myfun <- function(x) deparse(substitute(x)) > > That's how to find the name (if it was a name) given as a function > argument. > > >> thanks in advance, >> >> Stéphane. >> >> >> >> Prof Brian Ripley a écrit : >> >>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Stéphane Cruveiller wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Is there a simple way to convert an object name to a characters string? >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, as.character, as in >>> >>> >>> >>>> x <- as.name("foo") >>>> x >>>> >>>> >>> foo >>> >>> >>>> as.character(x) >>>> >>>> >>> [1] "foo" >>> >>> However, I suspect you are not using the words in their technical sense >>> (a name is a synonym for a symbol in R), so if this is not the answer, >>> please give us an example of what you are trying to do (which might be >>> deparse). >>> > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.