[R] Getting parameters from within function

[Jason Turner]

user at domain.invalid wrote:

> Hi R-Helpers
> 
> Is there a way to access the parameters passed to a function all at 
> once?  I want something like:
> 
> misc.params = list(...)
> 
> except such that it works with formal named parameters.
> 

Does match.call() do what you want?

foo <- function(x,y,long.winded.arguemnt.name,...) {
     args <- match.call()
     args
}

foo(rnorm(10),rnorm(10),"some text")
foo(x = rnorm(10), y = rnorm(10), long.winded.arguemnt.name = "some text")

Cheers

Jason