[R] as.character.call?

[Spencer Graves]

Hi, Henrik:  Thanks.  I should probably know that by now ... but it 
didn't come to mind just now.  Thanks again.  Spencer.


On 6/3/2014 8:13 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
>> cl <- quote(round(10.5))
>> deparse(cl)
> [1] "round(10.5)"
>
> /Henrik
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Spencer Graves
> <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com> wrote:
>>        How can I get a call object as a character string?
>>
>>
>> Example:
>>
>>> cl <- quote(round(10.5))
>>> str(cl)
>>   language round(10.5)
>>> as.character(cl)
>> [1] "round" "10.5"
>>
>>
>>        How can I get "round(10.5)"?
>>
>>
>>         I can get this answer for this toy problem with
>> paste0(paste(as.character(cl), collapse='('), ')').  However, that's not a
>> general solution.
>>
>>
>>        Thanks,
>>        Spencer
>>
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