[R] How to see a R function's code

[TeeJay]

@ Jeff & @ Uwe: Thanks a lot! Worked like a charm 



Uwe Ligges-3 wrote
> On 08.03.2015 02:45, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>> Most (perhaps all) packages are byte-compiled now. You can often see
>> decompiled code by entering the name of the function without parentheses,
>> or using the getAnywhere function. For base R functions you should
>> probably download the R source tar file separately and unpack it to a
>> convenient location of your choice and dig in.
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>> On March 7, 2015 2:52:51 PM PST, TeeJay <

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> > wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I know this is quite an old post but I am wondering if the answer still
>>> applies!?
>>>
>>> I would like to access the boxplot function. So, I tried to follow the
>>> instruction of Uwe Ligges’s article  “Accessing the Sources”
>>> <http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2006-4.pdf>  . However,
>>> in
>>> “$RHOME/src/library/” there is no graphics folder!
> 
> Just unpack the R sources and it is there.
> 
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> At this location I
>>> only
>>> have a “windlgs” folder. I have a graphics folder in “$RHOME/library/”
>>> though. But I am not able to find a “plot.R” in any of the subfolders
>>> as
>>> mentioned in Uwe’s article.
>>>
>>> Furthermore, if I debug into the boxplot function in RStudio, I get a
>>> warning stating “Debug location is approximate because the source is
>>> not
>>> available”.
>>>
>>> I already tried to reinstall R but that also did not add the “graphics”
>>> folder to the “src” folder. Any ideas are appreciated a lot!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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