How should I conevert a string like "mean" to function "mean"?

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Eik Vettorazzi Popular answer

Depending on your needs, have a look at ?do.call or ?call, the latter is giving an unevaluated call

Eik Vettorazzi

Jochen Wilhelm

What also works is to "get" the function by its name:

x = "mean"

get(x)(1:5)

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Ioannis Charalampopoulos

Thank you very much for the answers!

The get() was the solution of my problem!!

Best Regards

ICh