[R] how to call functions with same name but in different package?

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Sat Mar 17 11:02:33 CET 2012


On 17/03/2012 09:34, De-Jian Zhao wrote:
> Rename the functions after loading the library.
>
> library("wavelets")
> dwt.wavelets <- dwt
> library("waveslim")
> dwt.waveslim <- dwt
>
> Then use dwt.wavelets and dwt.waveslim instead.

Please, not necessary!

Use wavelets::dwt or waveslim::dwt to distinguish them.

>
> On 2012-3-17 17:03, Jie Tang wrote:
>> hi everyone .
>>
>> I am trying to use some packages but there are some functions have the
>> same
>> name in different package.
>> for example
>>
>> dwt function
>>
>> both in packages wavelets and waveslim
>>
>> dwt(X, filter="la8", n.levels, boundary="periodic")
>>
>> How can I avoid mixing them up ?
>>
>>
>
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