Distinguishing variables from functions with the same name
See ?get and try:
sin <- 1
get("sin", mode = "numeric")
get("sin", mode = "function")
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:20 AM, <JLucke at ria.buffalo.edu> wrote:
guRus:
I have a variable "beta" as an argument to R's beta function. So
essentially I have a case of beta(alpha, beta). What surprises me is that
R doesn't barf on this stupid programming practice. R gets the right
answer. How does R know "beta the variable" from "beta the function"?
Joseph F. Lucke
Senior Statistician
Research Institute on Addictions
University at Buffalo
SUNY
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