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utils (version 3.3)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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Version

3.3

License

Part of R 3.3

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.3)

RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
alarm

Alert the User
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
person

Persons
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
RHOME

R Home Directory
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
aspell

Spell Check Interface
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
changedFiles

Detect which files have changed
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
cite

Cite a bibliography entry.
close.socket

Close a Socket
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
combn

Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
data

Data Sets
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
download.file

Download File from the Internet
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
findLineNum

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

Fix an Object
flush.console

Flush Output to A Console
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
getParseData

Get detailed parse information from object.
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
help

Documentation
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
help.search

Search the Help System
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
menu

Menu Interaction Function
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
process.events

Trigger event handling
packageDescription

Package Description
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
read.table

Data Input
recover

Browsing after an Error
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function.
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
select.list

Select Items from a List
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
type.convert

Type Conversion on Character Variables
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
tar

Create a Tar Archive
utils-package

The R Utils Package
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
url.show

Display a text URL
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
write.table

Data Output
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
adist

Approximate String Distances
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
packageName

Find package associated with an environment.
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
roman

Roman Numerals
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
zip

Create Zip archives