base-deprecated             package:base             R Documentation

Deprecated Functions in Base package

Description:

     These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions
     of R only, and may be defunct as soon as the next release.

Usage:

     symbol.C(name)
     symbol.For(name)

Arguments:

    name: a character string giving either the name of a C function or
          Fortran subroutine.

Details:

     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.

See Also:

     'Deprecated', 'base-defunct'

