bquote
Partial Substitution in Expressions
Description
Returns a quoted expression, where the parts of the expression
wrapped in .() are evaluated in the environment
specified by the where argument.
Usage
bquote(expr, where = parent.frame())
Arguments
| expr |
an expression. Can include terms wrapped in .() indicating that
the enclosed term should be evaluated.
If this argument is missing, the missing value symbol itself is returned.
|
| where |
an integer specifying a frame, an environment, or a list of named elements
defining the names occurring in the expression.
This argument is similar to the envir argument in the function
eval.
|
Details
bquote is similar in function to the LISP macro backquote.
Value
returns an expression similar to the input expression, but with all terms
wrapped in .() replaced by their values.
Side Effects
Expressions that are wrapped in .() are evaluated and can have side
effects.
See Also
Examples
a <- 1
bquote(log(.(a)) == .(log(a)))
# result: log(1) == 0
bquote(log(.(a)) == .(log(a)), list(a = exp(1)))
# result: log(2.71828182845905) == 1
bquote(y ~ .(f)(x), list(f = as.name("log")))
# result: y ~ log(x)