short answer: non-visible means that they are not exported from
a package with a namespace so that they are "not found" if you just
type the name. However, you can see these functions if you use
getAnywhere(fname)
longer answer: see the section on namespaces in the writing R
extensions
Thank you all very much!
Bob
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> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:49 AM
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> Subject: [R] Non-visible functions are aste
It means that the package has not exported it so normally you would
not access it directly. For example, for summary.princomp you would
normally pass a princomp object to the summary generic.
If you did want to access summary.princomp directly, since it has not been
exported, you can use the form
G'day Bob,
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:48:49 -0500
"Muenchen, Robert A (Bob)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What does the non-visible mean?
Type at the command line
> summary.aov
and hit return. Note, leave out the `()'.
Now type at the command line
> summary.princomp
That should illustrate what
On 08/03/2008 10:48 AM, Muenchen, Robert A (Bob) wrote:
> Dear R-Helpers,
>
> I suspect I'm about to ask a FAQ, but I haven't been able to find an
> answer in the FAQ, AItR or an R Site Search. When I look at the methods
> of summary (below) it says, "Non-visible functions are asterisked". I
> loo
Dear R-Helpers,
I suspect I'm about to ask a FAQ, but I haven't been able to find an
answer in the FAQ, AItR or an R Site Search. When I look at the methods
of summary (below) it says, "Non-visible functions are asterisked". I
looked at the help file for summary.princomp, which did not comment on
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