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sfsmisc (version 0.9-5)

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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Martin Maechler

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November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (0.9-5)

col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities

plotCI

Plot Confidence Intervals / Error Bars

u.sys

`Portable' System function (R / S-plus)

ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse

hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen

diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis

mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title

p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot

xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.

errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars

plotStep

Plot a Step Function

D2ss

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

bl.string

Blank String

boxplot.matrix

Draw a Boxplot for each Column (Row) of a Matrix

mpl

Simple Matrix Plots

p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions

pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)

tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result

p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts

nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence

D1D2

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

diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix

rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'

xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights

p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots

TA.plot

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

digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base

Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information

polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials

iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences

p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot

ps.latex

PostScript Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch

glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression

AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion

empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.

last

Get Last Elements of a Vector

integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.

Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions

u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors

n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot

p.ts

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

printTable2

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

potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data

huberM

Safe (generalized) Huber M-Estimator of Location

inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector

ps.end

Close PostScript device opened by `ps.do'

linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line

tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk

ecdf.ksCI

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

u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform

f.robftest

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

p.res.2fact

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

pl.ds

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values

paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors

prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode

mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix

rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle

p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's

vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings

hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother

posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix

unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval

u.date

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

u.assign0

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

signi

Rounding to Significant Digits

p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces

n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back

Sys.cpuinfo

Provide Information about the CPU

quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points

KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D

u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)

uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()

u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates