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metaprogramming_dplyr.r
dataframe %>% parse(text = paste(sapply(dimensions, function(dimension) {
paste0("mutate(", paste0(dimension, "_average = mean(", dimension, "))"))
}), collapse = " %>% "))
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Figured it out:

eval(
  parse(text = paste(
    c("dataframe",
      lapply(dimensions, function(dimension) {
        paste0("mutate(", paste0(dimension, "_average = mean(", dimension, "))"))
      })
    ), collapse = " %>% ")
  )
)

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