args                  package:base                  R Documentation

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t _L_i_s_t _o_f _a _F_u_n_c_t_i_o_n

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Displays the argument names and corresponding default values of a
     function.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     args(name)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    name: an interpreted function. If `name' is a character string then
          the function with that name is found and used.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     This function is mainly used interactively. For programming, use
     `formals' instead.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A function with identical formal argument list but an empty body
     if given an interpreted function; `NULL' in case of a variable or
     primitive (non-interpreted) function.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     `formals', `help'.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     args(c)            # -> NULL (c is a `primitive' function)
     args(plot.default)

