[BioC] All the functions in a BioC package
James W. MacDonald
jmacdon at med.umich.edu
Tue Feb 28 22:13:49 CET 2006
James W. MacDonald wrote:
> Khan, Sohail wrote:
>
>>Dear List,
>>
>>Excuse me, for asking such a fundamental question. How can I find what functions are available in a BioC package?
>
>
> Either
> help(package = "packagename")
> -or-
> help.start()
>
> for user visible functions,
>
> -or-
>
> library(packagename)
> ls("package:packagename")
>
> to see all functions.
Well, not quite *all* the functions. If the package has a namespace,
then you won't be able to see the functions that are sealed in the
namespace using ls().
There may be a way to spit out all the functions from within R including
those in the namespace, but I don't know how. The only way I know to get
everything is to get the source package and troll through the files in
the packagename/R directory.
Jim
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