ls and objects return a vector of character strings
giving the names of the objects in the specified environment. When
invoked with no argument at the top level prompt, ls shows what
data sets and functions a user has defined. When invoked with no
argument inside a function, ls returns the names of the
function's local variables: this is useful in conjunction with
browser.ls(name, pos = -1L, envir = as.environment(pos),
all.names = FALSE, pattern, sorted = TRUE)
objects(name, pos= -1L, envir = as.environment(pos),
all.names = FALSE, pattern, sorted = TRUE)name for back compatibility, in fact this argument can
specify the environment in any form; see the ‘Details’ section.name for specifying the
environment as a position in the search list. Mostly there for
back compatibility.name for specifying the
environment. Mostly there for back compatibility.TRUE, all
object names are returned. If FALSE, names which begin with a
. are omitted.pattern are returned. glob2rx can be
used to convert wildcard patterns to regular expressions.character should be sorted alphabetically. Note that
this is part of ls() may take most of the time.name argument can specify the environment from which
object names are taken in one of several forms:
as an integer (the position in the search list); as
the character string name of an element in the search list; or as an
explicit environment (including using
sys.frame to access the currently active function calls).
By default, the environment of the call to ls or objects
is used. The pos and envir arguments are an alternative
way to specify an environment, but are primarily there for back
compatibility. Note that the order of strings for sorted = TRUE is
locale dependent, see Sys.getlocale. If sorted =
FALSE the order is arbitrary, depending if the environment is
hashed, the order of insertion of objects, ….glob2rx for converting wildcard patterns to regular
expressions. ls.str for a long listing based on str.
apropos (or find)
for finding objects in the whole search path;
grep for more details on ‘regular expressions’;
class, methods, etc., for
object-oriented programming..Ob <- 1
ls(pattern = "O")
ls(pattern= "O", all.names = TRUE) # also shows ".[foo]"
# shows an empty list because inside myfunc no variables are defined
myfunc <- function() {ls()}
myfunc()
# define a local variable inside myfunc
myfunc <- function() {y <- 1; ls()}
myfunc() # shows "y"
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