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sfsmisc (version 1.0-3)

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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1.0-3

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GPL (>= 2)

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Martin Maechler

Last Published

November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (1.0-3)

n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back

AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion

inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector

errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars

p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's

TA.plot

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

rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'

bl.string

Blank String

iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion

plotStep

Plot a Step Function

axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form

diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix

linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line

nearcor

Find the Nearest Proper Correlation Matrix

p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol

p.ts

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

Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions

quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points

p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots

paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors

u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates

prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode

D1D2

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

Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information

KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D

ps.end

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

empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.

last

Get Last Elements of a Vector

digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base

tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result

eaxis

Extended / Engineering Axis for Graphics

ecdf.ksCI

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

hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings

u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot

tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk

p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot

rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle

plotDS

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values

u.sys

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

pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions

roundfixS

Round to Integer Keeping the Sum Fixed

cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen

lseq

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale

printTable2

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

uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()

f.robftest

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

mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix

hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother

integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.

wrapFormula

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

boxplot.matrix

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

pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)

posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix

ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse

u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform

col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities

n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors

p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions

u.date

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

signi

Rounding to Significant Digits

seqXtend

Sequence Covering the Range of X, including X

unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval

p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts

str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package

u.assign0

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

xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights

xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.

Sys.cpuinfo

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

u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)

polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials

p.res.2fact

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

p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces

diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis

nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot

D2ss

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

potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data

mpl

Simple Matrix Plots

mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences

ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch