Plus parameter to R script - r

Question

I have made a pretty big package in R and I have collected a lot of smaller scripts in it. Later on it turned out that I may need to configure it a bit more than what I have made. Here is an example:
analyse <- function(param1,param2,param3,...){
function1 <- function(param1,param2,param3){...}
function2 <- function(param1,param2,param3){...}
function3 <- function(param1,param2,param3){...}
}
As you can see, this function have 3 function inside, and all of them have their parameters. When I call it:
analyse(param1=value1, param2=value2, param3=value3)
My question is, that is it possible to pass parameters to the inner functions as well? And what if the inner functions share a similar name parameter. For example function1 and 2 have the parameter name maxLength and I would like function1 to be maxLength=2 and function2 to be maxLength=10.
I would imagine it like this when calling:
analyse(param1=value1, param2=value2, param3=value3, paramToInnerFunct1=value1, paramToInnerFunct3=value1)
In my case if I give a plus parameter what would go to an inner function to the calling nothing happens.
Is there a way to deal with my problem?
Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

the simple solution is to just add the additional parameters like this:
analyse <- function(param1,param2,param3,
paramToInnerFunct1,paramToInnerFunct3,...){
function1 <- function(param1,param2,param3,paramToInnerFunct1){...}
function2 <- function(param1,param2,param3){...}
function3 <- function(param1,param2,param3,paramToInnerFunct3){...}
}
Edit:
maybe it works without named arguments (...) in your function 'analyse', but you would need the arguments in your 'function1'... though like this:
analyse <- function(param1,param2,param3,...){
function1 <- function(param1,param2,param3,paramToInnerFunct1){...}
function2 <- function(param1,param2,param3){...}
function3 <- function(param1,param2,param3,paramToInnerFunct3){...}
}
Another idea:
if you define the additional arguments like 'paramToInnerFunct1' in your global environment, you still can use them within the 'function1' like:
paramToInnerFunct1 <- "whatever object goes here"
function1 <- function(param1,param2,param3){
# use paramToInnerFunct1 from your global environment here
}
Hope that helps,
Samuel