[R] checkUsage from codetools shows errors when function uses functions from loaded packages

Jannis bt_jannis at yahoo.de
Mon Apr 8 20:12:49 CEST 2013


Dear list members,


I frequently program small scripts and wrap them into functions to be 
able to check them with checkUsage. In case these functions (loaded via 
source or copy pasted to the R console) use functions from other 
packages, I get this error:


no visible global function definition for ‘xxxxxxx’

For example:



test = function() {
   require(plotrix)
   color.legend()
}

library(codetools)
checkUsage(test)


Can I tell codetools somehow where to look for these functions without 
building a full blown package?



Cheers
Jannis



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