.BG
.FN deparse
.TL
Turn Parsed Expression into Character Form
.CS
deparse(expr, short=FALSE)
.AG expr
any S expression.
.AG short
if `TRUE', the deparsed character string may not be the full expression.
Instead short forms are used, to keep the total length of the
deparsed string within a constant limit.
The short form is chiefly useful for trace printing and for labels in situations
where space is at a premium.
.RT
A character vector, containing the deparsed expression.
There will be one element of the character vector for each line of
output in `dput(expr)', unless `short' is `TRUE', in which case
only one character string is produced.
.SH NOTE
It is typically not necessary to deparse expressions to print them.
The process of coercing an expression to mode `character' usually achieves the
same effect, more simply.
.SA
`dput', `parse'.
.EX
z$model <- deparse(model) # save a symbolic form of an argument
.KW print
.WR
