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sfsmisc (version 0.95-6)

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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0.95-6

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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 (0.95-6)

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences
compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors
iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion
p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions
diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis
integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.
empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.
Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions
D2ss

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

Scatter Plot with Error Bars
ecdf.ksCI

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

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale
D1D2

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

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts
mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title
boxplot.matrix

Draw a Boxplot for each Column (Row) of a Matrix
TA.plot

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

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

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base
mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix
polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials
inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector
pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)
cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen
KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D
hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot
axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form
bl.string

Blank String
n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back
p.ts

plot.ts with multi-plots and Auto-Title -- on 1 page
col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities
p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot
plotStep

Plot a Step Function
diagX

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

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's
p.res.2fact

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

Prettified Arrows Plots
last

Get Last Elements of a Vector
paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors
plotCI

Plot Confidence Intervals / Error Bars
AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion
u.date

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

Hat Matrix of a Smoother
rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'
rnls

Robust Nonlinear Regression
u.assign0

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

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix
signi

Rounding to Significant Digits
ps.latex

PostScript Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch
pl.ds

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values
tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk
pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions
mpl

Simple Matrix Plots
prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode
u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform
u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)
rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle
u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot
ps.end

Close PostScript device opened by `ps.do'
p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot
quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points
p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces
Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information
Sys.cpuinfo

Provide Information about the CPU
u.sys

`Portable' System function (R / S-plus)
xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights
linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line
u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates
f.robftest

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

Fisher's Potato Crop Data
nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence
tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result
vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings
printTable2

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

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol
ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse
xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.
unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval
uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()