[R] Probing a function

[Peter Ehlers]

Dennis,

I see that Henrik has given you a clear explanation of how to
see the code 'on the fly'. But he's probably too modest to
point out that it would be even better to inspect the source
code which you can obtain by downloading and unzipping the
relevant .tar.gz file from CRAN. Here you will find the
code complete with useful comments.

Peter Ehlers

On 2011-03-28 20:40, Dennis Fisher wrote:
> R 2.12.2
> Windows 7
>
> Colleagues,
>
> I just took advantage of the function:
> 	readWindowsShortcut
> in R.utils.  It accomplished my goals and I was interested in learning its inner workings.  So, I typed the function at the command line (without arguments or parentheses).  R returned:
>
> 	function (...)
> 	UseMethod("readWindowsShortcut")
> 	<environment: namespace:R.utils>
>
> providing no insight to me as to the commands in the function.
>
> So, how do I (or, can I) access the code in that function?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dennis
>
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