Execute a function call
do.call constructs and executes a function call from a name or a
function and a list of arguments to be passed to it.
NOTE: This man page is for the do.call S4 generic function
defined in the BiocGenerics package.
See ?base::do.call for the default method
(defined in the base package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
not supported by the default method.
do.call(what, args, quote=FALSE, envir=parent.frame())
what |
The default method expects either a function or a non-empty character
string naming the function to be called.
See Specific methods can support other objects. Please refer to the documentation of a particular method for the details. |
args |
The default method expects a list of arguments to the function
call (the Specific methods can support other objects. Please refer to the documentation of a particular method for the details. |
quote, envir |
See |
The result of the (evaluated) function call.
Specific methods defined in Bioconductor packages should behave as consistently as possible with the default method.
base::do.call for the default do.call
method.
showMethods for displaying a summary of the
methods defined for a given generic function.
selectMethod for getting the definition of
a specific method.
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
do.call # note the dispatch on the 'what' and 'args' args only
showMethods("do.call")
selectMethod("do.call", c("ANY", "ANY")) # the default methodPlease choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.