R help - Aug 2008 - [Fwd: ***HTML***R help]

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Subject: ***HTML***R help
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:30:48 +0530
From: sayeed hussain <sayeedhussain19 at gmail.com>
To: ff809 at ncf.ca

Hello there

I am stuck with a problem and I need help
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R has a defined function sum()

I by chance defined a function with same name

sum<-function(type='public')
{
.......

}

and now I m not able to get rid of my sum() fuction. Every time i use sum()
my sum function gets called and not the R's built in one...

I have  uninstalled R and then re-installed it but its not working. I dont
understand how thats possible?

Sayeed:

Wish I could help, but I have no idea why this would be happening. I've 
bounced this into the R Help group where there are more knowledgeable and 
experienced people who should be able to answer you without any problem

-- 

Brian Lunergan
Nepean, Ontario
Canada

"They know not the old ways. That shall be their undoing..."


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Brian Lunergan <ff809 <at> ncf.ca> writes:
> 
> I am stuck with a problem and I need help
> ---------------------------
> R has a defined function sum()
> 
> I by chance defined a function with same name
> 
> sum<-function(type='public')
> {
> .......
> 
> }
> 
> and now I m not able to get rid of my sum() fuction. Every time i use 
> sum() my sum function gets called and not the R's built in one...
Almost for sure your .Rdata is read in. Either try another startup 
directory, or delete .Rdata, or start R with the --vanilla option.

Dieter