Pipe a data frame to a function whose argument pipes a dot
<p>How can one pipe a data frame to a function whose argument pipes a dot?</p>

<pre><code>mpg %&gt;% rbind(., . %&gt;% rev())
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<blockquote>
  <p>Error in rep(xi, length.out = nvar) :    attempt to replicate an
  object of type 'closure'</p>
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<p>Another example:</p>

<pre><code>mpg %&gt;%
  {
    . %&gt;% arrange(manufacturer)
  }
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<blockquote>
  <p>Functional sequence with the following components:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>arrange(., manufacturer)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Use 'functions' to extract the individual functions.</p>
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