[R] Seeing the definition of a function

[Roger D. Peng]

confint is generic so it does nothing but dispatch appropriate 
methods.  If you do methods(confint), you'll see

 > methods(confint)
[1] confint.lm*

     Non-visible functions are asterisked

Typing confint.lm will give you an error because the function is not 
exported by the stats package namespace.  But doing 
getAnywhere(confint.lm) should do what you want.

-roger

Søren Højsgaard wrote:
> Dear all,
> I was trying to see how the function 'confint' is defined. Doing
> 
> 
>>confint
> 
> function (object, parm, level = 0.95, ...) 
> UseMethod("confint")
> <environment: namespace:stats>
> 
> does not really enlighten me. How can I get to see the implementation (I guess it should be possible according to the general philosophy of the R project)?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Søren
> 
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