| getAnywhere {utils} | R Documentation | 
This functions locates all objects with name matching its argument, whether visible on the search path, registered as an S3 method or in a namespace but not exported.
getAnywhere(x)
x | 
a character string or name. | 
The function looks at all loaded namespaces, whether or not they are associated with a package on the search list.
Where functions are found as an S3 method, an attempt is made to find which namespace registered them. This may not be correct, especially if a namespace is unloaded.
An object of class "getAnywhere".  This is a list with components
name | 
the name searched for. | 
objs | 
a list of objects found | 
where | 
a character vector explaining where the object(s) were found | 
visible | 
logical: is the object visible | 
dups | 
logical: is the object identical to one earlier in the list. | 
Normally the structure will be hidden by the print method.
There is a [ method to extract one or more of the objects found.
getAnywhere("format.dist")
getAnywhere("simpleLoess") # not exported from stats