[R] How to extract function arguments literally

[Peter Dalgaard]

Shigeru Mase <mase at is.titech.ac.jp> writes:

> But, if it has no quotation marks or contains spaces, it yileds an error.
> 
> > as.character(substitute((def x1 x2))
> 
> Error: syntax error
> 
> He wants to use the syntax like lc((def x1 x2)), not like
> lc("(def x1 x2)").

This is not possible. R expressions must follow R syntax.

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