Hi Rich, I believe it means that when called, the function norm() in the 'base' and the function cor () in the 'NADA' packages are not going to be used, but rather functions of the same name (norm and cor) in the package that you loaded with your library () function.
Same applies to other objects also. HTH, Ranjan On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:22:55 -0700 Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > When a library is loaded messages such as these are displayed: > > The following object is masked from ‘package:base’: > > norm > > The following object is masked from ‘package:NADA’: > > cor > > What do I read to understand just what being masked means? > > Rich > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ Receive Notifications of Incoming Messages Easily monitor multiple email accounts & access them with a click. Visit http://www.inbox.com/notifier and check it out! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.
