[R] Masking commands - Permutation in gregmisc and e1071

Peter Langfelder peter.langfelder at gmail.com
Mon Jan 24 23:53:55 CET 2011


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Yanika Borg <akinay.b at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using the function permutations from the package *gregmisc*. However, I
> am also making use of the package *e1071*, which also contains a function
> called permutations. I want to use the function permutations from the *
> gregmisc* package, however, the other package is masking this function. This
> happens both when I load the *e1071* package before *gregmisc* and when I
> load *e1071* after I load *gregmisc*.
>
> Is there any specific command to use the permutation from one package and
> not the other please?

To specify package when you call a function, use
package::function(...), for example
gregmisc::permutations.

Peter



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