[R] Inspecting R functions

[Uwe Ligges]

Richard Dybowski wrote:

> In S-Plus, I can look at the structure of a function (for example, hist) 
> simply by entering
>         hist <RETURN>
> however, if I do this in R, I get the response
>         function (x, ...)
>         UseMethod("hist")
>         <environment: namespace:graphics>
> How can I inspect the structure of a function in R?

Well, if hist() would be a an S3 generic with methods in S-PLUS as well, 
  it would look quite similar like in R...

Type methods(hist) to see which methods do exists, in particular you 
want to get hist.default, I guess.

Uwe Ligges



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