example {base} | R Documentation |
Run all the R code from the EXAMPLES
part of R's online help
topic topic
.
example(topic, package= .packages(), lib=.lib.loc, echo=TRUE, verbose=.Options$verbose, prompt.echo = paste(abbreviate(topic, 6),"> ", sep=""), directory.sep= "/")
topic |
name or character: The online help topic
the examples of which should be run. |
package |
a character vector with package names. |
lib |
a character vector with path names of R package libraries. |
echo |
logical; if TRUE , show the R input when sourcing. |
verbose |
logical; if TRUE , show even more when running
example code. |
prompt.echo |
character; gives the prompt to be used if
echo = TRUE . |
directory.sep |
character; the directory separating character (an idea to make this OS independent). |
(the value of the last evaluated expression).
The examples can be many small files. On some file systems it is desirable to save space, and the files in the `R-ex' directory of an installed package can be zipped up as a zip archive `Rex.zip'.
Martin Maechler
example("smooth", package="eda") example(dbinom)