| 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.
See Also
get to access an object masked by another of the same name.
Examples
base::log
base::"+"