search {base} | R Documentation

## Give Search Path for R Objects

### Description

Gives a list of `attach`ed packages (see `library`), and R objects, usually `data.frames`.

### Usage

    search()
    searchpaths()

### Value

A character vector, starting with `".GlobalEnv"`, and ending with `"package:base"` which is R's base package required always.

`searchpaths` gives a similar character vector, with the entries for packages being the path to the package used to load the code.

### References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole. (`search`.)

Chambers, J. M. (1998) Programming with Data. A Guide to the S Language. Springer. (`searchPaths`.)

### See Also

`.packages` to list just the packages on search path.

`loadedNamespaces` to list loaded namespaces.

`attach` and `detach` to change the search path, `objects` to find R objects in there.

### Examples

    search()
    searchpaths()

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