List Objects

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List Objects

Syntax

ls(name, pos=2, envir=sys.frame(sys.parent()),
       all.names=FALSE, pattern)
objects(name, pos=2, envir=sys.frame(sys.parent()),
       all.names=FALSE, pattern)

Arguments

`name`	the name of an attached object appearing in the vector of names returned by `search`.
`pos`	the index of an attached object in the list returned by `search`.
`envir`	an evaluation environment.
`all.names`	a logical value. If `TRUE`, all object names are returned. If `FALSE` names which begin with a ``.'' are omitted.
`pattern`	an optional regular expression. Only names matching `pattern` are returned.

Description

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 functions local variables. This is useful in conjunction with browser.