On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 09:37 -0400, stephen sefick wrote:
> >na.contiguous
> function (object, ...)
> UseMethod("na.contiguous")
> <environment: namespace:stats>
>
> this is what I get when I look for the source code for some functions- Is
> there a way to look at the source code?
na.contiguous is an S3 generic function, and that *is* the source for
it! To see what methods are available, used methods():
> methods(na.contiguous)
[1] na.contiguous.default*
Non-visible functions are asterisked
To see the code in the available method, you need to access it in the
relevant namespace as it is hidden from the user:
> na.contiguous.default
Error: object "na.contiguous.default" not found
> getAnywhere(na.contiguous.default)
A single object matching ‘na.contiguous.default’ was found
It was found in the following places
registered S3 method for na.contiguous from namespace stats
namespace:stats
with value
function (object, ...)
{
...snip...
?UseMethod would have got you there.
See Uwe Ligges RNews article on this very subject:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2006-4.pdf
HTH
G
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