[R] as.character(quote(x$y) ) = "$" "x" "y" not "x$y"?

[Richard M. Heiberger]

> deparse(quote(x$y))
[1] "x$y"

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Spencer Graves
<spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com> wrote:
> Hello, All:
>
>
>       Is there a simple utility someplace to convert "quote(x$y)" to "x$y"?
>
>
>       I ask, because as.character(quote(x$y)) is a character vector of
> length 3 =  "$" "x" "y".  I want to convert this to "x$y" for a diagnostic
> message.
>
>
>       class(quote(x$y)) = "call", which suggests I could write
> "as.character.call" to perform this function.  However, before I do, I felt
> a need to ask for other thoughts on this.
>
>
>       Thanks,
>       Spencer
>
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