[R] ?grid::grid-package doesn't find the grid-package help page

William Sones w||||@m@@one@ @end|ng |rom ndorm@@ox@@c@uk
Mon Mar 18 18:45:53 CET 2019


To quote Homer Simpson "Doh!".

Thank you Jeff. ?grid::`grid-package`  works perfectly.

Thanks

Will

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Newmiller [mailto:jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us] 
Sent: 18 March 2019 17:01
To: r-help using r-project.org; William Sones <william.sones using ndorms.ox.ac.uk>; r-help using R-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] ?grid::grid-package doesn't find the grid-package help page

Try

?grid::`grid-package`

The "-" is not a legal character in a bare symbol.

On March 18, 2019 9:35:17 AM PDT, William Sones <william.sones using ndorms.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>
>I've entered the command "?grid::grid-package" on two computers over 
>here and they both direct me to the Arithmetic {base} site 
>(http://127.0.0.1:30753/library/base/html/Arithmetic.html).
>
>Shouldn't this command direct me to the grid-package {grid} site 
>(something like 
>https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/grid/html/grid-package.html)?
>
>This has been performed on R versions 3.5.2 and 3.5.3 (Windows).
>
>I couldn't find mention of this in Bugzilla, so thought it best to 
>confirm whether this warrants documentation as a bug, or whether 
>alternative methods are preferred for addressing similar (minor) 
>issues.
>
>Thanks
>
>Will
>
>William Sones
>Medical Statistician
>
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