Hi Folks, The inspiration for this query is described below, but it prompts a general question:
If one wants to use only one or a few functions from a library, is there a way to load only these, without loading the library, short of going into the package source and extracting what is needed (including of course any auxiliary functions and compiled code they may depend on)? What prompted this is that I needed to simulate some MVnormal data. There's a useful function 'mvrnorm' which does just that, in the library/package MASS. So that's what I used. But MASS is huge! Hence the query. (I've also had occasion to filch single functions from other libraries as well). (Of course, in reality I've noticed that 'mvrnorm' is a few lines of pure R code which can easily be lifted out and run "stand-alone", so the issue is not really a problem in this case. But I think the question is a good one, well exemplified by the case described.) With thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 167 1972 Date: 28-Oct-03 Time: 18:23:42 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help