isNamespace
Check if an Environment is a (base) Namespace Environment

Description

Tests whether the specified environment is a (base) namespace environment for a loaded package.

Usage

isNamespace(ns)
isBaseNamespace(ns)

Arguments

ns a string or a namespace environment.
Value
returns TRUE if ns is a (base) namespace environment for a loaded package.
See Also
getNamespace, library.
Examples
# most environments are not namespace environments
identical(isNamespace(globalenv()), FALSE)
identical(isNamespace(baseenv()), FALSE)
identical(isNamespace(new.env()), FALSE)

# here is the namespace environment for the "base" package identical(isNamespace(getNamespace("base")), TRUE)

# check for base namespace environment isBaseNamespace(getNamespace("base")) # TRUE isBaseNamespace(getNamespace("stats")) # FALSE

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