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2010 Sep 22
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Passing a function as a parameter...
R-helpers: If I want to pass a character name of a function TO a function, and then have that function executed, how would I do this? I want an arbitrary version of the following, where any function can be used (e.g. I don't want the if-then statement here): apply_some_function <- function(data,function_name) { if(function_name=="mean") { return(mean(data)) } if(function_name=="min") { return(min(data)) } } apply_some_function(1:10,"mean") apply_some_function(1:10,"min") Basically, I want the character name of the functio...