[R] Re: variable argument lists

[Brad Buchsbaum]

Hi,

Is it possible to make a function treat an R list as if it were a sequence
arguments?

For instance, the "order" function has a variable length argument list.
So one could do: x <- order(a,b)

Suppose one does not know in advance the number of arguments to the order
function and those arguments are stored in a list.

e.g. x <-  list(a,b,c)


How would one go about ordering the list of vectors contained in x
(with b, c, etc. representing "tie-breaking" vectors for the order
function).

thanks for any help on this.

Brad Buchsbaum


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