[R] Masking commands - Permutation in gregmisc and e1071

[Uwe Ligges]

On 24.01.2011 23:53, Peter Langfelder wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Yanika Borg<akinay.b at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I am using the function permutations from the package *gregmisc*. However, I
>> am also making use of the package *e1071*, which also contains a function
>> called permutations. I want to use the function permutations from the *
>> gregmisc* package, however, the other package is masking this function. This
>> happens both when I load the *e1071* package before *gregmisc* and when I
>> load *e1071* after I load *gregmisc*.
>>
>> Is there any specific command to use the permutation from one package and
>> not the other please?
>
> To specify package when you call a function, use
> package::function(...), for example
> gregmisc::permutations.


You may also want to read about the NAMESPACE mechanism in R.

Best,
Uwe Ligges

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> Peter
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