Rich
that is sweeeeeeeeeeeeet
and does exactly what I want.
Thank you very much.
best wishes
rksh
On 13 Sep 2006, at 10:54, Rich FitzJohn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Perhaps try this (based on 'bquote'):
>
> rewrite.expression <- function(expr, to, dep) {
> f <- function(expr) {
> if ( length(expr) == 1 )
> if ( expr == as.name(dep) )
> as.name(to)
> else
> expr
> else
> as.call(lapply(expr, f))
> }
> f(expr)
> }
>
> rewrite <- function(expr, to, dep='x') {
> rewrite.expression(substitute(expr), to, dep)
> }
>
>> rewrite(1 + sin(cos(x)) + exp(x^2), 'xyz')
> 1 + sin(cos(xyz)) + exp(xyz^2)
>> rewrite(sin(x)+exp(x), 'xyz')
> sin(xyz) + exp(xyz)
>> rewrite(sin(i) + cos(sin(i^2)), 'tti', 'i')
> sin(tti) + cos(sin(tti^2))
> ## Or, closer to your example, using the name of the argument and body
> ## of the function:
> f <- function(r)
> 2*r/sin(r) - b
>
>> rewrite.expression(body(f), 'foo', names(formals(f)))
> 2 * foo/sin(foo) - b
>
> Hope that helps,
> Rich
>
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