getAnywhere              package:utils              R Documentation

_R_e_t_r_i_e_v_e _a_n _R _O_b_j_e_c_t, _I_n_c_l_u_d_i_n_g _f_r_o_m _a _N_a_m_e _S_p_a_c_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     These functions locates all objects with name matching its
     argument, whether visible on the search path, registered as an S3
     method or in a name space but not exported. 'getAnywhere()'
     returns the objects and 'argsAnywhere()' returns the arguments of
     any objects that are functions.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getAnywhere(x)
     argsAnywhere(x)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: a character string or name.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The function looks at all loaded name spaces, whether or not they
     are associated with a package on the search list.

     Where functions are found as an S3 method, an attempt is made to
     find which name space registered them.  This may not be correct,
     especially if a name space is unloaded.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     For 'getAnywhere()' an object of class '"getAnywhere"'.  This is a
     list with components 

    name: the name searched for.

    objs: a list of objects found

   where: a character vector explaining where the object(s) were found

 visible: logical: is the object visible

    dups: logical: is the object identical to one earlier in the list.


     Normally the structure will be hidden by the 'print' method. There
     is a '[' method to extract one or more of the objects found.

     For 'argsAnywhere()' one or more argument lists as returned by
     'args'.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'get',  'getFromNamespace', 'args'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     getAnywhere("format.dist")
     getAnywhere("simpleLoess") # not exported from stats
     argsAnywhere(format.dist)