How to get the package name of a function in R? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try the function where from the pryr package

> library(dplyr)
> pryr::where("select")

attr(,"name")
[1] "package:dplyr"
attr(,"path")
[1] "/home/francois/.R/library/dplyr"
> library(MASS)
> pryr::where("select")

attr(,"name")
[1] "package:MASS"
attr(,"path")
[1] "/home/francois/.R/library/MASS"