just found it myself: in '.GADM' the leading period designates an internal function - the source can be viewed with: getAnywhere('.GADM')
2013/7/12 Kay Cichini <kay.cich...@gmail.com> > hello, > > what is the meaning of a fullstop in the below R-Ffunction (like in > '.GADM') > > > library(dismo) > Lade nötiges Paket: raster > Warnmeldungen: > 1: Paket dismo wurde unter R Version 2.15.3 erstellt > 2: Paket raster wurde unter R Version 2.15.3 erstellt > > getData > function (name = "GADM", download = TRUE, path = "", ...) > { > path <- .getDataPath(path) > if (name == "GADM") { > .GADM(..., download = download, path = path) > } > else if (name == "SRTM") { > .SRTM(..., download = download, path = path) > } > else if (name == "alt") { > .raster(..., name = name, download = download, path = path) > } > else if (name == "worldclim") { > .worldclim(..., download = download, path = path) > } > else if (name == "ISO3") { > .ISO()[, c(2, 1)] > } > else if (name == "countries") { > .countries(download = download, path = path, ...) > } > else { > stop(name, " not recognized as a valid name.") > } > } > <bytecode: 0x10f6e5ac> > <environment: namespace:raster> > > thanks in advance, > kay > > -- > > Kay Cichini, MSc Biol > > Grubenweg 22, 6071 Aldrans > > Tel.: 0650 9359101 > > E-Mail: kay.cich...@gmail.com > > Web: > www.theBioBucket.blogspot.co.at<http://www.thebiobucket.blogspot.co.at/><http://www.theBioBucket.blogspot.co.at> > -- > -- Kay Cichini, MSc Biol Grubenweg 22, 6071 Aldrans Tel.: 0650 9359101 E-Mail: kay.cich...@gmail.com Web: www.theBioBucket.blogspot.co.at<http://www.thebiobucket.blogspot.co.at/><http://www.theBioBucket.blogspot.co.at> -- [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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