Question

Point out the wrong statement?

(a) The order of the packages on the search list does not matter

(b) R has separate namespaces for functions and non-functions

(c) Users can configure which packages get loaded on startup so if you are writing a function

(d) The search list can be found by using the search() function

This question was addressed to me in unit test.

I need to ask this question from Scoping Rules in portion Control Structures, Functions, Scoping Rules, Loop Functions and Debugging of R Programming

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) The order of the packages on the search list does not matter

For explanation I would say: The order of the packages on the search list matters, particularly if there are multiple objects with the same name in different packages.