[R] How to make own function load automatically on startup

Jonas Malmros jonas.malmros at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 13:28:51 CET 2007


Thanks, Hans-Peter,

But still, this is quite difficult to understand for non-initiated.
What do expressions "exported variable" and "internal variable" mean?
What is "name space"? In LAYMAN terms. Thanks in advance!

On 10/29/07, Hans-Peter <gchappi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My code contains following snippet: "xlsReadWrite::read.xls", this is
> > because another package I load masks read.xls function and :: help me
> > to select correct read.xls. I guessed this use of :: but I would
> > really like to know what :: is and where can I read more about this
> > function?
>
> > help("::")
>
> --
> Regards,
> Hans-Peter


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Jonas Malmros
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden



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