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sfsmisc (version 1.0-5)

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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1.0-5

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GPL (>= 2)

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Martin Maechler

Last Published

November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (1.0-5)

plotStep

Plot a Step Function

f.robftest

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

D1D2

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

eaxis

Extended / Engineering Axis for Graphics

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot

u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot

n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot

roundfixS

Round to Integer Keeping the Sum Fixed

digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base

polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials

Duplicated

Counting-Generalization of duplicated()

hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother

Sys.cpuinfo

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

Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information

hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot

ecdf.ksCI

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

ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse

nearcor

Find the Nearest Proper Correlation Matrix

ps.end

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

plotDS

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values

mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix

u.sys

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

seqXtend

Sequence Covering the Range of X, including X

tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result

col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities

wrapFormula

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

nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence

u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)

potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data

boxplot.matrix

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

empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.

paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors

rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'

p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions

AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion

linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line

iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion

tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk

bl.string

Blank String

last

Get Last Elements of a Vector

u.date

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

Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions

inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector

p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces

p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts

pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)

mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title

axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form

n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back

p.ts

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

posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix

prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode

u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform

u.assign0

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

lseq

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale

diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis

unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval

u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates

TA.plot

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

p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots

printTable2

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

diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix

xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors

vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings

mpl

Simple Matrix Plots

str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package

quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points

rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences

cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen

signi

Rounding to Significant Digits

uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()

KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D

ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch

p.res.2fact

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

p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's

integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.

p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol

xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights

errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars

pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions

D2ss

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