[R] Finding the name ob an object

[Simon Fear]

You probably want

deparse(substitute(object))

See ?substitute.

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> Hi, all!
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> I want to give an object to a function and use the NAME of this object
> inside the function to build new objects based on this name.
> 
> How do I get the name of an object if I don't pass a string containing
> the name but the object itself?
> 
> Christoph.
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