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sfsmisc (version 0.95-13)

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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0.95-13

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GPL (GNU Public Licence), Version 2 or later

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Martin Maechler

Last Published

November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (0.95-13)

nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence

lseq

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale

p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots

inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors

diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis

potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data

tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk

p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol

TA.plot

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

integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.

pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions

linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line

iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion

p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's

paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors

polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials

f.robftest

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

D2ss

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

ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse

errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars

plotCI

Plot Confidence Intervals / Error Bars

u.date

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

rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'

u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)

wrapFormula

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

AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion

p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts

digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base

plotStep

Plot a Step Function

axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form

xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights

prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode

rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle

D1D2

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

diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix

hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother

u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates

u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot

uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()

Sys.cpuinfo

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

p.ts

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

ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch

u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform

hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package

u.assign0

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

xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.

col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities

n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back

nearcor

Find the Nearest Proper Correlation Matrix

p.res.2fact

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

p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot

ps.end

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

mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix

last

Get Last Elements of a Vector

mpl

Simple Matrix Plots

signi

Rounding to Significant Digits

Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information

p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions

KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D

boxplot.matrix

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

p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces

printTable2

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

unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval

quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points

cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences

bl.string

Blank String

mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title

pl.ds

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values

ecdf.ksCI

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

tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result

Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions

empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.

pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)

posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix

vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings

u.sys

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

n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot