[R] manipulating "..." inside a function

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On Friday 21 March 2003 02:36 pm, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> Dear R-help,
>
> Can some one tell me how to do the following (if it's possible)?
>
> Suppose I have a function like this:
>
> f <- function(x, y, ...) {
>     ## some code
>     g(x, y, ...)
>    ## some more code
> }

Why not (in the context you describe below)

f <- function(x, y, panel.number, ...) {
    ## some code
    g(x, y, ...)
   ## some more code
}

? (This is the trick usually used for the strip function in particular.) 

> The problem is that g() may not understand everything that comes through in
> "...".  Is there a way to delete some component of "..." and then pass it
> to g()?
>
> Here's the description of the real problem:  f() is a panel.something
> function, and g() is a model fitting function.  Lattice passes
> "panel.number" as part of "..." to f(), and g() complains about unused
> argument "panel.number".
>
> I'd be very grateful for any help!
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
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