Metaprogramming in R

metaprogramming.R

# Create a function programmatically by creating its constituents: 
# an argument list, a function body of expressions, and an enclosing environment

args <- alist(x=,y=)
exps <- expression(z <- x^2 + y^2, z <- sqrt(z), return(z))
body <- as.call(c(as.name("{"), exps))
f <- as.function(x = c(args,body), envir = parent.frame())
f(x=1,y=1)