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utils (version 3.6.1)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.6.1

License

Part of R 3.6.1

Maintainer

R-core R-core@R-project.org

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.6.1)

RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
COMPILE

Compile Files for Use with R on Unix-alikes
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
LINK

Create Executable Programs on Unix-alikes
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
RHOME

R Home Directory
DLL.version

DLL Version Information on MS Windows
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
arrangeWindows

Rearrange Windows on MS Windows
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
askYesNo

Ask a Yes/No Question
alarm

Alert the User
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
Rwin configuration

R for Windows Configuration
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
adist

Approximate String Distances
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
aspell

Spell Check Interface
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
cite

Cite a Bibliography Entry
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
choose.files

Choose a List of Files Interactively on MS Windows
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
combn

Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
choose.dir

Choose a Folder Interactively on MS Windows
changedFiles

Detect which Files Have Changed
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
clipboard

Read/Write to/from the Clipboard in MS Windows
close.socket

Close a Socket
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
debugcall

Debug a Call
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
data

Data Sets
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
fix

Fix an Object
flush.console

Flush Output to a Console
findLineNum

Find the Location of a Line of Source Code, or Set a Breakpoint There
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
download.file

Download File from the Internet
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
hasName

Check for Name
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
help

Documentation
getParseData

Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
getFromNamespace

Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
getWindowsHandle

Get a Windows Handle
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
menu

Menu Interaction Function
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
help.search

Search the Help System
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
getWindowsHandles

Get handles of Windows in the MS Windows RGui
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
process.events

Trigger Event Handling
person

Persons
memory.size

Report on Memory Allocation (on Windows)
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
nsl

Look up the IP Address by Hostname (on Unix-alikes)
packageName

Find Package Associated with an Environment
packageDescription

Package Description
recover

Browsing after an Error
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
readRegistry

Read a Windows Registry Hive
read.table

Data Input
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
roman

Roman Numerals
setWindowTitle

Set the Window Title or the Statusbar of the RGui in Windows
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function or Language Object
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
shortPathName

Express File Paths in Short Form on Windows
select.list

Select Items from a List
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
strcapture

Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
tar

Create a Tar Archive
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
utils-package

The R Utils Package
winMenus

User Menus under MS Windows (Rgui)
winDialog

Dialog Boxes under Windows
url.show

Display a Text URL
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
warnErrList

Collect and Summarize Errors From List
winextras

Get Windows Version
winProgressBar

Progress Bars under MS Windows
write.table

Data Output
zip

Create Zip Archives
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
type.convert

Convert Data to Appropriate Type
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives