[R] running non-base functions

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Ely Rabin wrote:

> Having loaded R for windows, I cannot run fnctions that aren't in the
> base folder.
> 
> Typing searchpaths() tells me that only the base folder is in the search
> path.  How can the path be modified to include other folders?

See the help on attach and library.  search() is the usual way to look at
the search path: searchpaths() gives information that users don't usually
need, but the help system does.

By the way, you can run functions you create, which will be in the 
user workspace .GlobalEnv, the first item on the search list.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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