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sfsmisc (version 0.95-12)

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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GPL (GNU Public Licence), Version 2 or later

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Martin Maechler

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November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (0.95-12)

diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis

nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence

D2ss

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

D1D2

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

p.ts

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

errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars

hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother

Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions

digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base

pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions

inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences

u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)

mpl

Simple Matrix Plots

iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion

p.res.2fact

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

hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors

n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot

integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.

wrapFormula

Enhance Formula by Wrapping each Term, e.g., by "s(.)"

ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse

signi

Rounding to Significant Digits

Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information

u.date

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

quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points

axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form

plotStep

Plot a Step Function

lseq

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale

mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title

uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()

ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch

pl.ds

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values

TA.plot

Tukey-Anscombe Plot (Residual vs. Fitted) of a Linear Model

boxplot.matrix

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

n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back

f.robftest

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

potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data

printTable2

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

p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions

prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode

KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D

u.assign0

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

p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots

p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot

p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts

tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result

AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion

ecdf.ksCI

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

cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen

bl.string

Blank String

col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities

polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials

vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings

xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights

paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors

tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk

u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform

ps.end

Close PostScript or Acrobat Graphics Device opened by 'ps.do' / 'pdf.do'

str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package

rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'

posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix

p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol

empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.

u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates

last

Get Last Elements of a Vector

p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces

p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's

pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)

rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle

u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot

Sys.cpuinfo

Provide Information about the Linux Hardware (CPU, Memory, etc)

diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix

plotCI

Plot Confidence Intervals / Error Bars

xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.

unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval

linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line

mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix

u.sys

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