R: Masked Functions

Question

In the stats package, there is a highly useful function called reorder(). In the gdata package, there is also a function called reorder().

How do I force reorder() from stats, not to be overwritten when loading the gdata package? Or, is there a way to reference which reorder() you want to use?

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '11 at 20:16

22

Use stats::reorder() to reference the version in stats.

answered Feb 02 '11 at 20:16

Aaron left Stack Overflow

36,704
7
77
142

2

Interesting that Nico's answer, was upvoted more considering that you answered the same thing at nearly the same time. I guess rep attracts votes. Thanks! – Brandon Bertelsen Feb 02 '11 at 21:47
And so do checks, it seems. Thanks! – Aaron left Stack Overflow Feb 03 '11 at 13:07
So just now (presumably one person, though it could have been chance) just went through and upvoted a couple of my old answers that were at 9 up to 10. Whoever you are, if you ever see this message, thanks for the badges! – Aaron left Stack Overflow Apr 11 '13 at 03:15
1

@Aaron, the badges were just a bonus. You were so close to 10k... – GSee Apr 14 '13 at 02:50
Ah, yes, that's true too, though I didn't think of that at the time. Thanks again, @GSee! – Aaron left Stack Overflow Apr 14 '13 at 03:16

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '11 at 20:22

17

From the Examples section of ?library:

 ## if you want to mask as little as possible, use
 library(mypkg, pos = "package:base")

answered Feb 02 '11 at 20:22

Joshua Ulrich

173,410
32
338
418

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 02 '11 at 20:17

8

You can just use stats::reorder()

answered Feb 02 '11 at 20:17

nico

50,859
17
87
112

R: Masked Functions

3 Answers3

Linked

Related