[R] Object "silhouette.default" not found. But I knew that it is there.

[Uwe Ligges]

Wolski wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Thanks! You right. Have not realised it.
> 
> I do not wanted to call the function but I wanted to see the function definition. Its a great feature of R to be able to do it.
> I knew I cant do it because the function object is not in the namespace.
> Ive been confronted with the reverse side of namespaces.
> 
> On the other hand: 
> ?silhouette.default  works.
> It would be nice to have a way to display to source without going into the library directory.

I just told you (and Fritz did so last week in his keynote lecture) to 
specify the namespace explicitly using the ":::" operator as in:

  cluster:::silhouette.default

and you will see the source, so what's the point?

Uwe



> 
> 
> Sincerely
> Eryk
> 
> PS.
> 
> 
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> On 5/25/2004 at 6:17 PM Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> 
>>Wolski wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>>library(cluster)
>>>
>>>In this lib a function called silhoutte.default is defined
>>>than on the R prompt it type
>>>
>>>
>>>>silhouette.default
>>>
>>>Error: Object "silhouette.default" not found 
>>>R1.9.0
>>>The same error are at R1.8.1
>>>And I knew that a function silhoutte.default are present.
>>>
>>>But the same piece of code works in R1.6.2
>>>
>>>???
>>
>>Well, namespaces have been introduced in the meantime, and you have 
>>learned at the useR to call the generic silhouette() directly
>>or to use
>>   cluster:::silhouette.default
>>to get the code.
>>
>>Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Eryk
>>>
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> Dipl. bio-chem. Eryk Witold Wolski    @    MPI-Moleculare Genetic   
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