hasArg                package:methods                R Documentation

Look for an Argument in the Call

Description:

     Returns 'TRUE' if 'name' corresponds to an argument in the call,
     either a formal argument to the function, or a component of '...',
     and 'FALSE' otherwise.

Usage:

     hasArg(name)

Arguments:

    name: The unquoted name of a potential argument.

Details:

     The expression 'hasArg(x)', for example, is similar to
     '!missing(x)', with two exceptions.  First,  'hasArg' will look
     for an argument named 'x' in the call if 'x' is not a formal
     argument to the calling function, but '...' is.  Second, 'hasArg'
     never generates an error if given a name as an argument, whereas
     'missing(x)' generates an error if 'x' is not a formal argument.

Value:

     Always 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' as described above.

See Also:

     'missing'

Examples:

     ftest <- function(x1, ...) c(hasArg(x1), hasArg(y2))

     ftest(1) ## c(TRUE, FALSE)
     ftest(1, 2)  ## c(TRUE, FALSE)
     ftest(y2=2)   ## c(FALSE, TRUE)
     ftest(y=2)    ## c(FALSE, FALSE) (no partial matching)
     ftest(y2 = 2, x=1)  ## c(TRUE, TRUE) partial match x1

