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sfsmisc (version 1.0-6)

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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1.0-6

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GPL (>= 2)

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Martin Maechler

Last Published

November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (1.0-6)

plotDS

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values

u.assign0

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

mpl

Simple Matrix Plots

empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.

str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package

quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points

diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix

rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle

cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen

ps.end

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

p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions

potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data

AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion

p.tachoPlot

Draw Symbol on a Plot

posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix

polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials

pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions

inv.seq

Inverse seq() -- Short Expression for Index Vector

p.res.2fact

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

n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back

KSd

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D

mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix

u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)

errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars

roundfixS

Round to Integer Keeping the Sum Fixed

linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line

p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot

pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)

hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot

p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots

p.ts

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

u.boxplot.x

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot

p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces

f.robftest

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

D2ss

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

tapplySimpl

More simplification in tapply() result

p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol

diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis

prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode

tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk

axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form

hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother

mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title

integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.

rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'

Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information

ecdf.ksCI

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

seqXtend

Sequence Covering the Range of X, including X

bl.string

Blank String

col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities

u.date

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

digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base

u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform

ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse

unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval

D1D2

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

nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence

Sys.cpuinfo

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

p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts

n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot

printTable2

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

u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates

Duplicated

Counting-Generalization of duplicated()

Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions

paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors

ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch

last

Get Last Elements of a Vector

uniqueL

A Reversable Version of unique()

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences

TA.plot

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

boxplot.matrix

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

xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights

vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings

xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.

lseq

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale

compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors

eaxis

Extended / Engineering Axis for Graphics

iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion

nearcor

Find the Nearest Proper Correlation Matrix

signi

Rounding to Significant Digits

plotStep

Plot a Step Function

p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's

wrapFormula

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

u.sys

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