appreciate it ! thank you Duncan ! On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 11:18 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30/01/2020 1:38 p.m., Bogdan Tanasa wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > if I may ask please a very simple question : > > > > what does "." mean in front of function name : an example below . thank > > you very much ! > > > > .set_pbmc_color_11<-function() { > > myColors <- c( "dodgerblue2", > > "green4", > > "#6A3D9A", # purple > > "grey", > > "tan4", > > "yellow", > > "#FF7F00", # orange > > "black", > > "#FB9A99", # pink > > "orchid", > > "red") > > > > It means that the default ls() won't list the function, you'd need > ls(all.names = TRUE). By convention such functions are usually meant > for internal use, but there are lots of exceptions to that convention. > The same convention is used in Unix-alike file systems. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.