do.call2: Execute a function call similar to 'do.call'.

View source: R/do.call2.R

do.call2R Documentation

Execute a function call similar to do.call.

Description

This function is supposed to be a replacement for do.call in situations where you need to pass big R objects. Unlike do.call, this function allows to pass objects via ... to avoid a copy.

Usage

do.call2(fun, ..., .args = list())

Arguments

fun

[character(1)]
Name of the function to call.

...

[any]
Arguments to fun. Best practice is to specify them in a key = value syntax.

.args

[list]
Arguments to fun as a (named) list. Will be passed after arguments in .... Default is list().

Value

Return value of fun.

Examples

## Not run: 
  library(microbenchmark)
  x = 1:1e7
  microbenchmark(do.call(head, list(x, n = 1)), do.call2("head", x, n = 1))

## End(Not run)

BBmisc documentation built on Sept. 29, 2022, 5:12 p.m.

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