[R-SIG-Finance] How to use the debugger/broser in a R package function

[Jeff Ryan]

This is probably (certainly) a question for R-help, but since
cross-posting isn't too nice, I'll answer.

You need to find the method that is being dispatched on.

methods(kfilter)

> methods(kfilter)
[1] kfilter.SS  kfilter.ssm

These can then be viewed or used in the debug() call:

debug(kfilter.SS)  or debug(kfilter.ssm)

undebug will stop the debugging.

see ?debug

HTH
Jeff

Those with an asterisk will be unexported, so you'll need to prefix with

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Verschuere Benjamin
<benverschuere at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have small question.  Basically I am trying to see what is going inside function from a R package (in my case the "kfilter" function in sspir package).
> The problem is that when I try to see what is going inside "kfilter" I have that:
>> kfilter
> function (ss)
> {
>    UseMethod("kfilter")
> }
> <environment: namespace:sspir>
>
> I have been told that the debugger might help, but I dont know how to use it. Or maybe there is a better way?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> Benjamin
>
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