thanks all.  The mcmc:::foo is exactly what I am looking for.

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 15/11/2012 2:21 PM, C W wrote:
>
>> Dear list,
>> I am trying to look at the function inside a package.  I know that
>> methods() would do the trick, but what if the function is hidden?  I have
>> a
>> problem displaying the hidden function.
>>
>> Say, for example the MCMC package.  How do you view the code of that
>> function?
>>
>
> You can use the prefix MCMC:::foo to display the foo function from MCMC,
> whether or not it is exported.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>> something like this:
>>
>> > which
>>
>> function (x, arr.ind = FALSE, useNames = TRUE)
>>
>> {
>>
>>      wh <- .Internal(which(x))
>>
>>      if (arr.ind && !is.null(d <- dim(x)))
>>
>>          arrayInd(wh, d, dimnames(x), useNames = useNames)
>>
>>      else wh
>>
>> }
>>
>> <bytecode: 0x1021eef50>
>>
>> <environment: namespace:base>
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