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sfsmisc (version 0.9-4)

Utilities from Seminar fuer Statistik ETH Zurich

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Useful utilities [`goodies'] from Seminar fuer Statistik ETH Zurich, many ported from S-plus times.

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install.packages('sfsmisc')

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0.9-4

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GPL (GNU Public Licence), Version 2 or later

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Martin Maechler

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July 26th, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (0.9-4)

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot
D1D2

Numerical Derivatives of (x,y) Data via Smoothing Splines
col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities
AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion
quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points
hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother
integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.
inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector
KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D
pl.ds

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values
plotCI

Plot Confidence Intervals / Error Bars
diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix
p.res.2fact

Plot Numeric (e.g. Residuals) vs 2 Factors Using Boxplots
pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)
mpl

Simple Matrix Plots
paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors
Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions
n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
ecdf.ksCI

Plot the Empirical Distribution Function Together With 95% Confidence Curves.
ps.end

Close PostScript device opened by `ps.do'
n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot
mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix
TA.plot

Tukey-Anscombe Plot (residual vs. fitted) of a Linear Model.
potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data
p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts
ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse
mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title
hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot
ps.latex

PostScript Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch
f.robftest

Robust F-Test: Wald test for multiple coefficients of rlm() Object.
linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line
p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots
prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode
empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.
signi

Rounding to Significant Digits
p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol
diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis
polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials
rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle
iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion
uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()
boxplot.matrix

Draw a Boxplot for each Column (Row) of a Matrix
bl.string

Blank String
unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval
huberM

Safe (generalized) Huber M-Estimator of Location
p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's
D2ss

Numerical Derivatives of (x,y) Data (via Smoothing Splines)
errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars
vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings
u.date

Return Date[-Time] String in `European' Format
p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces
u.assign0

`Portable' assign / get functions (R / S-plus) for `frame 0'
plotStep

Plot a Step Function
cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen
rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'
Sys.cpuinfo

Provide Information about the CPU
last

Get Last Elements of a Vector
xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.
p.ts

plot.ts with multi-plots and Auto-Title -- on 1 page
u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)
u.sys

`Portable' System function (R / S-plus)
u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot
xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights
tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk
digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base
nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence
compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors
p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions
p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot
printTable2

Berechne und Drucke Randtotale etc f�r 2-weg Kontingenz Tafeln
tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result
u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates
Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information
u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform