Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-19 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 19/04/2009 4:01 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 19/04/2009, at 9:45 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 18/04/2009 8:47 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 17/04/2009, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Benjamin Tyner wrote: Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit note in the documentation? T

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-19 Thread Johannes Huesing
Rolf Turner [Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:01:34PM CEST]: > > On 19/04/2009, at 9:45 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > >> On 18/04/2009 8:47 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: >>> On 17/04/2009, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> Benjamin Tyner wrote: > Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-19 Thread Rolf Turner
On 19/04/2009, at 9:45 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 18/04/2009 8:47 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 17/04/2009, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Benjamin Tyner wrote: Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit note in the documentation? The quote I gave is from the documentation.

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-19 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 18/04/2009 8:47 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: On 17/04/2009, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Benjamin Tyner wrote: Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit note in the documentation? The quote I gave is from the documentation. How could it be more explicit? This is unfortun

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-18 Thread David Winsemius
I doubt that it will cure all of the R documentation complaints, but this R-news article by Ligges answered all on my questions on the topic of accessing source (see page 43): www.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2006-4.pdf I learned to use methods() and then to use the full function names to

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-18 Thread Rolf Turner
On 17/04/2009, at 10:21 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: Benjamin Tyner wrote: Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit note in the documentation? The quote I gave is from the documentation. How could it be more explicit? This is unfortunately typical of the attitude of R-core

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-17 Thread Duncan Murdoch
Benjamin Tyner wrote: Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit note in the documentation? The quote I gave is from the documentation. How could it be more explicit? Duncan Murdoch Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 4/16/2009 9:52 AM, Benjamin Tyner wrote: Hi Using R 2.8.1.

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-16 Thread Benjamin Tyner
Many thanks Duncan. Perhaps this merits a more explicit note in the documentation? Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 4/16/2009 9:52 AM, Benjamin Tyner wrote: Hi Using R 2.8.1. I have list object called "AuxData". Inside a browser(), get("AuxData") succeeds, while getAnywhere("AuxData") fails

Re: [R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-16 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 4/16/2009 9:52 AM, Benjamin Tyner wrote: Hi Using R 2.8.1. I have list object called "AuxData". Inside a browser(), get("AuxData") succeeds, while getAnywhere("AuxData") fails with the error "no object named âAuxDataâ was found". I'm curious to know if this could be a bug. If yes,

[R] get() versus getAnywhere()

2009-04-16 Thread Benjamin Tyner
Hi Using R 2.8.1. I have list object called "AuxData". Inside a browser(), get("AuxData") succeeds, while getAnywhere("AuxData") fails with the error "no object named âAuxDataâ was found". I'm curious to know if this could be a bug. If yes, I'll try to come up with a reproducible examp