[R] is library loaded

[Robert Gentleman]

Hi,

  Almost surely this is a bad name. With the advent of name spaces it is 
important to distinguish between loading and attaching. This function 
tests for attached packages. To test for loaded packages we already have
  loadedNamespaces.

  Best wishes,
    Robert

John Fox wrote:
> Dear Omar,
> 
> The following function tests whether a package is in the search path (with
> the package name given in quotes):
> 
> packageLoaded <- function(name) 0 != length(grep(paste("^package:", name,
> "$", sep=""), search()))
> 
> I hope this helps,
>  John
> 
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> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
>>[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Omar Lakkis
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:09 PM
>>To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>Subject: [R] is library loaded
>>
>>Is there a way to test if a library has been loaded?
>>
>>is.loaded does not give me what I want, I am looking to say:
>>
>>if loaded(Rdbi) dbSendQuery(conn, q)
>>if loaded(RODBC) sqlQuery(conn, q)
>>
>>I need this to support both unix and windows platforms as I 
>>could not find a windows distribution for RdbiPgSQL. I am 
>>using R 2.1.0 and postgresql. I will be connecting to the 
>>database using Rdbi and RdbiPgSQL and have other developers 
>>using windows connect with RODBC, unless someone can suggest 
>>a better solution.
>>
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