[BioC] All the functions in a BioC package

[James W. MacDonald]

James W. MacDonald wrote:
> Khan, Sohail wrote:
> 
>>Dear List,
>>
>>Excuse me, for asking such a fundamental question.  How can I find what functions are available in a BioC package?
> 
> 
> Either
> help(package = "packagename")
> -or-
> help.start()
> 
> for user visible functions,
> 
> -or-
> 
> library(packagename)
> ls("package:packagename")
> 
> to see all functions.

Well, not quite *all* the functions. If the package has a namespace, 
then you won't be able to see the functions that are sealed in the 
namespace using ls().

There may be a way to spit out all the functions from within R including 
those in the namespace, but I don't know how. The only way I know to get 
everything is to get the source package and troll through the files in 
the packagename/R directory.

Jim


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