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sfsmisc (version 1.0-2)

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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1.0-2

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GPL (>= 2)

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Martin Maechler

Last Published

November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (1.0-2)

diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix

lseq

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale

inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector

KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D

ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse

iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion

p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol

signi

Rounding to Significant Digits

paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors

cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen

str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package

empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.

mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title

p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions

f.robftest

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

bl.string

Blank String

u.date

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

p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces

col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities

axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form

u.sys

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

digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base

hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

p.ts

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

integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.

roundfixS

Round to Integer Keeping the Sum Fixed

tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk

AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion

D2ss

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

u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates

n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back

mpl

Simple Matrix Plots

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors

p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's

errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars

p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot

eaxis

Extended / Engineering Axis for Graphics

n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot

pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)

last

Get Last Elements of a Vector

pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions

TA.plot

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

hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother

ecdf.ksCI

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

tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result

nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence

potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data

linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line

nearcor

Find the Nearest Proper Correlation Matrix

xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences

u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)

Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions

mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix

diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis

rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'

Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information

u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot

D1D2

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

xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.

boxplot.matrix

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

printTable2

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

seqXtend

Sequence Covering the Range of X, including X

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot

ps.end

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

ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch

unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval

prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode

p.res.2fact

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

u.assign0

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

vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings

plotDS

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values

factorize

Prime Factorization of Integers

polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials

rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle

wrapFormula

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

u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform

posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix

primes

Find all Primes Less Than n

capture.and.write

Capture output and Write / Print First and Last Parts

p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots

p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts

Sys.cpuinfo

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

plotStep

Plot a Step Function

uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()

quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points

Duplicated

Counting-Generalization of duplicated()

repChar

Make Simple String from Repeating a Character, e.g. Blank String

sourceAttach

Source and Attach an R source file

histBxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

cairoSwd

Cairo PDF Graphics Device useful for Sweave

is.whole

Test Whether a Vector or Array Consists of Whole Numbers

missingCh

Has a Formal Argument been Set or is it Missing?

rotn

Generalized Rot13 Character Translation (Rotation)

toLatex.numeric

LaTeX or Sweave friendly Formatting of Numbers

loessDemo

Graphical Interactive Demo of loess()

sessionInfoX

Extended Information About the Current R Session

read.org.table

Read.table for an Emacs Org Table