| ns-dblcolon {base} | R Documentation |
Double Colon and Triple Colon Operators
Description
Accessing exported and internal variables in a name space.
Usage
pkg::name
pkg:::name
Arguments
pkg |
package name symbol or literal character string. |
name |
variable name symbol or literal character string. |
Details
The expression pkg::name returns the value of the exported
variable name in package pkg if the package has a name
space. The expression pkg:::name returns the value of the
internal variable name in package pkg if the package has
a name space. The package will be loaded if it was not loaded already
before the call. Assignment into name spaces is not supported.
Examples
base::log
base::"+"