[R] Distinguishing variables from functions with the same name

[Gabor Grothendieck]

See ?get and try:

sin <- 1
get("sin", mode = "numeric")
get("sin", mode = "function")

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:20 AM,  <JLucke at ria.buffalo.edu> wrote:
> guRus:
>
> I have a variable "beta" as an argument to R's beta function.  So
> essentially I have a case of beta(alpha, beta).  What surprises me is that
> R doesn't barf on this stupid programming practice.  R gets the right
> answer.  How does R know "beta the variable" from "beta the function"?
>
> Joseph F. Lucke
> Senior Statistician
> Research Institute on Addictions
> University at Buffalo
> SUNY
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