.get {hash}R Documentation

Get values from a hash

Description

Returns the values of a hash. By default, it attempts to simplify the results as a vector ( or matrixs ) if possible.

This funciton is hidden and should not normally be needed. The accessor methods: \$, [ and [[ provide for much more convenient access.

See hash

Usage

    .get(hash, keys, ... )

Arguments

hash A hash object.
keys A vector coerced to valid key names by validate.key
... Further arguments supplied to sapply.

Details

Takes the keys, coerces them to valid keys and returns the associated values in a form dictated by ... arguments supllied to sapply such as simplify or USE.NAMES. See sapply for details.

Value

A list or vector of hash values in

Author(s)

Christopher Brown

See Also

See Also hash, .set, sapply

Examples

    h <- hash( letters, 1:26 )
    .get( h, "b" )  # 2

[Package hash version 0.23 Index]