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bquote

R Base 3.6.2

An analogue of the LISP backquote macro. bquote quotes its argument except that terms wrapped in .() are evaluated in the specified where environment.

Syntax

R
bquote(expr, where = parent.frame())

Arguments

Parameter Description
expr A language object.
where An environment.

Return Value

A language object.

Examples

Example
R
# NOT RUN {
require(graphics)

a <- 2

bquote(a == a)
quote(a == a)

bquote(a == .(a))
substitute(a == A, list(A = a))

plot(1:10, a*(1:10), main = bquote(a == .(a)))

## to set a function default arg
default <- 1
bquote( function(x, y = .(default)) x+y )
# }

See Also

quote substitute