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\name{bquote}
\alias{bquote}
\title{Partial substitution in expressions}
\description{
  An analogue of the LISP backquote macro.  \code{bquote} quotes its
  argument except that terms wrapped in \code{.()} are evaluated in the
  specified \code{where} environment.
}
\usage{
bquote(expr, where = parent.frame())
}
\arguments{
  \item{expr}{An expression }
  \item{where}{ An environment }
}

\value{
 An expression
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{quote}}, \code{\link{substitute}}
}
\examples{
a <- 2

bquote(a==a)
quote(a==a)

bquote(a==.(a))
substitute(a==A, list(A=a))

plot(1:10, a*(1:10), main = bquote(a==.(a)))
}
\keyword{programming}
\keyword{data}