Message-ID: <49CA0BF4.9020701@stats.uwo.ca>
Date: 2009-03-25T10:48:20Z
From: Duncan Murdoch
Subject: how to identify a symbol is defined from which package
In-Reply-To: <155040.60402.qm@web36806.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
hong shen wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I encountered a situation that a data frame is defined by two packages. Both of them are loaded by library(). My questions are
>
> 1. How could I tell the data frame is from which package?
>
find("theName")
will tell you where it found a variable called theName.
> 2. If I want to reference the data frame from package A insted of B, how can I do it?
>
A::theName
or
B::theName
will find whichever one you want.
Duncan Murdoch
> Thanks!
> hshen
>
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