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2003 Feb 20
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Why does 'exists' need a quoted argument?
Some functions in R need quoted arguments. Consider this list:
help(rm)
rm(a)
is.na(a)
get("rm")
exists("rm")
Can someone explain why 'get' and 'exists' require quoted object names?
Would it make sense (more consistency) to have these functions check to see if the first argument is a string, and if not, then 'substitute' it? Intuitively,