[R] Passing function to tapply as a string

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Also note that there is match.funfn in the gsubfn package.  That allows
you to also pass functions defined as formulas:

e.g.

library(gsubfn)
f.at.four <- function(f) match.funfn(f)(4)

f.at.four(sqrt) # 2
f.at.four("sqrt") # 2
f.at.four(~ x^.5) # 2 - uses function(x) x^.5

See homepage, ?match.funfn and the vignette.

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Yuri Volchik <yuri.volchik at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks,
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> match.fun is what i was looking for :-)
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> Or perhaps:
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> myfun <- function(fname, ...)match.fun(fname)(...)
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> On 07/03/2008, Richard.Cotton at hsl.gov.uk <Richard.Cotton at hsl.gov.uk> wrote:
> > > Was wondering if it is possible to pass function name as a parameter
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