[R] source a specific function

Don MacQueen macq at llnl.gov
Mon Jun 18 16:21:31 CEST 2007


One way to do it would be to surround the function(s) you don't want 
sourced, like this:

if (FALSE) {
## function definition here
}

But you might find it easier to just put each function in its own file.

At 9:54 AM -0400 6/18/07, Weiwei Shi wrote:
>Dear Listers:
>
>For example, if I have a .R source file which has more than one
>function, and I want to just load only one of the functions, how could
>I do that? (removing the rest after sourcing is not what I intend b/c
>in my workspace, I might have some of the rest and I don't want to
>change my workspace: i.e., I only change my workspace by adding one
>function from a R source file).
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Weiwei Shi, Ph.D
>Research Scientist
>GeneGO, Inc.
>
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