Using “…” and “replicate”

Question

In the documentation of sapply and replicate there is a warning regarding using ...

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Answer 1

There actually is a way to do this:

# Simple function:
ff <- function(a,b) print(a+b)

# This will NOT work:
testf <- function(...) {
  replicate(expr = ff(...), n = 5)
}
testf(45,56) # argument "b" is missing, with no default

# This will:
testf <- function(...) {
  args <- as.list(substitute(list(...)))[-1L]
  replicate(expr = do.call(ff, args), n = 5)
}
testf(45,56) # 101