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utils (version 3.3.3)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.3.3

License

Part of R 3.3.3

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.3.3)

apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
alarm

Alert the User
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
aspell

Spell Check Interface
adist

Approximate String Distances
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
changedFiles

cite

chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
combn

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

Post-Mortem Debugging
data

Data Sets
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
create.post

dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
close.socket

Close a Socket
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
flush.console

Flush Output to A Console
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
file_test

download.file

Download File from the Internet
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
fix

Fix an Object
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
findLineNum

getS3method

Get an S3 Method
globalVariables

getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
head

help

Documentation
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
getParseData

getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
maintainer

ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
localeToCharset

installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
help.search

Search the Help System
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
packageDescription

Package Description
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
menu

Menu Interaction Function
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
process.events

promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
person

Persons
packageName

REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
recover

Browsing after an Error
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
relist

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

Data Input
read.fortran

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

Read Fixed Width Format Files
roman

Roman Numerals
removeSource

RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
RSiteSearch

Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
RHOME

R Home Directory
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
sourceutils

select.list

Select Items from a List
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
LINK

Create Executable Programs
type.convert

Type Conversion on Character Variables
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
COMPILE

Compile Files for Use with R
memory.size

Report on Memory Allocation
tar

View

Invoke a Data Viewer
unzip

url.show

Display a text URL
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package
utils-package

untar

update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package
nsl

Look up the IP Address by Hostname
clipboard

Read/Write to/from the Windows Clipboard
arrangeWindows

getWindowsHandle

Get a Windows Handle
Rwin configuration

R for Windows Configuration
DLL.version

DLL Version Information
choose.dir

Choose a Folder Interactively
choose.files

Choose a List of Files Interactively
getWindowsHandles

vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
zip

winProgressBar

Progress Bars under Windows
winMenus

User Menus under Windows
setWindowTitle

Set or get the Window Title, or Set the Statusbar
winextras

Get Windows Version
winDialog

Dialog Boxes under Windows
readRegistry

Read a Windows Registy Hive
write.table

Data Output
setInternet2

shortPathName

Express File Paths in Short Form