[R] Source code of rnorm, where can I find it?

[Ista Zahn]

R source is available on CRAN, e.g.,
http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-2/R-2.12.1.tar.gz

Many functions can be displayed simply by typing theme , e.g.,

> methods(mean)
[1] mean.data.frame mean.Date       mean.default    mean.difftime
[5] mean.POSIXct    mean.POSIXlt
> mean.default

Many other functions are net exported (methods() will mark these with
an asterisk), but can be retrieved using

getAnywhere("fun")

.Internal functions such as rnorm cannot be retrieved in this way as
far as I know. You may have to download the source and find it
direclty.

Best,
Ista
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Cristiano Strieder <cstrieder at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to check the source code of common functions available on R
> prompt. For example rnorm, where can I find the source code of that?
>
> --
> Cristiano Strieder
> São José dos Campos - SP
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>



-- 
Ista Zahn
Graduate student
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
http://yourpsyche.org