函数内的子集由ddply中指定的变量组成

Often I need to subset a data.frame inside a function by the variables that I am subsetting another data.frame to which I apply ddply. To do that I explicitly write again the variables inside the function and I wonder whether there is a more elegant way to do that. Below I include a trivial example just to show which is my current approach to do this. Often I need to subset a data.frame inside a fu