| base-deprecated {base} | R Documentation |
These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions of R only, and may be defunct as soon as the next release.
symbol.C(name) symbol.For(name)
name |
a character string giving either the name of a C function or Fortran subroutine. |
The original help page for these functions is often
available at help("oldName-deprecated") (note the quotes).
Functions in packages other than the base package are listed in
help("pkg-deprecated").
Functions symbol.C and symbol.For are for historical
compatibility with S. symbol.C just returns its argument
unchanged, whereas symbol.For will map to lower case and
append an underscore on those platforms (almost all) which do so for
Fortran symbols. These are no longer of much use in R.