How to call a function using the character string of the function name in R?

Question

I am trying to call a function with a given string of the function name.

E.g.

print(funcList)
[[1]]
`*`

[[2]]
sin

works:

Answer 1

you could also use match.fun

> functionlist <- list("*","sin")
> f <- match.fun(functionlist[[1]])
> f(5,6)
[1] 30