I would like to prefer a function (select) from the dplyr package. I loaded a package that depends on MASS package that masks select function. Is there an alternative way to prefer select from the dplyr package other than the convention dplyr::select()?

CodePudding user response：

If you don't want to worry aboutpackage loading order, as you see in @benson23 answer, this is one way:

library(dplyr)
library(MASS)
select <- dplyr::select

Another way is using conflicted package:

library(conflicted)
library(dplyr)
library(MASS)
conflict_prefer("select", "dplyr")

At last, if you use want to use tidymodels meta-package (includes dplyr), you can do this too:

library(tidyverse)
library(tidymodels)
library(MASS)
tidymodels_prefer()

CodePudding user response：

I believe there are a few options for this:

1. Load your other packages first, and at last, load tidyverse or dplyr

2. At the very beginning of your script, do

select <- dplyr::select

You can combine the above two options in your .Rprofile file, so that every time you launch R, the above actions will be executed.