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sfsmisc (version 0.96-01)

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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0.96-01

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GPL (>= 2)

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Martin Maechler

Last Published

November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (0.96-01)

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors
D1D2

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

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form
D2ss

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

Draw Symbol on a Plot
eaxis

Extended / Engineering Axis for Graphics
hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother
p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions
pl.ds

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values
p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces
errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars
p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot
mpl

Simple Matrix Plots
empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.
n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot
pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)
u.assign0

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

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back
nearcor

Find the Nearest Proper Correlation Matrix
Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions
potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data
u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates
uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()
rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle
diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix
inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector
boxplot.matrix

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

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk
p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots
ecdf.ksCI

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

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points
pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions
iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion
paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors
u.date

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

Rounding to Significant Digits
Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information
prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode
p.res.2fact

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

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse
diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis
KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D
AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion
str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package
plotStep

Plot a Step Function
mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix
unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval
p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts
ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch
col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities
cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen
u.sys

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

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.
hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot
bl.string

Blank String
wrapFormula

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

Plot Confidence Intervals / Error Bars
nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence
xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.
tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result
last

Get Last Elements of a Vector
digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base
rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'
vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings
p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol
u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)
polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials
ps.end

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

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

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix
TA.plot

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

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale
f.robftest

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

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot
QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences
linesHyperb.lm

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

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

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title
u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform
printTable2

Berechne und Drucke Randtotale etc f�r 2-weg Kontingenz Tafeln
xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights
p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's