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sfsmisc (version 1.0-7)

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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install.packages('sfsmisc')

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1.0-7

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GPL (>= 2)

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Martin Maechler

Last Published

November 21st, 2025

Functions in sfsmisc (1.0-7)

QUnif

Quasi Randum Numbers via Halton Sequences
integrate.xy

Cheap Numerical Integration through Data points.
axTexpr

Axis Ticks Expressions in Nice 10 ** k Form
lseq

Generate Sequences, Equidistant on Log Scale
Deprecated

Deprecated 'sfsmisc' Functions
linesHyperb.lm

Plot Confidence or Prediction Hyperbolas around a Regression Line
prt.DEBUG

Utility Printing in DEBUG mode
cum.Vert.funkt

Kumulative Verteilung Aufzeichnen
hist.bxp

Plot a Histogram and a Boxplot
digitsBase

Digit/Bit Representation of Integers in any Base
pmax.sa

Parallel Maxima / Minima (Scalar, Array)
TA.plot

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

Round to Integer Keeping the Sum Fixed
AsciiToInt

Character to and from Integer Codes Conversion
tkdensity

GUI Density Estimation using Tcl/Tk
paste.vec

Utility for 'Showing' S vectors
compresid2way

Plot Components + Residuals for Two Factors
hatMat

Hat Matrix of a Smoother
n.plot

Name Plot: Names or Numbers instead of Points in Plot
p.profileTraces

Plot a profile.nls Object With Profile Traces
D2ss

Numerical Derivatives of (x,y) Data (via Smoothing Splines)
iterate.lin.recursion

Generate Sequence Iterating a Linear Recursion
posdefify

Find a Close Positive Definite Matrix
potatoes

Fisher's Potato Crop Data
col01scale

Matrix Scaling Utilities
nearcor

Find the Nearest Proper Correlation Matrix
printTable2

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

Draw Symbol on a Plot
boxplot.matrix

Draw a Boxplot for each Column (Row) of a Matrix
mult.fig

Plot Setup for MULTiple FIGures, incl. Main Title
ps.end

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

A Reversable Version of unique()
rrange

Robust Range using Boxplot `Quartiles'
ellipsePoints

Compute Radially Equispaced Points on Ellipse
n.code

Convert "Round" Integers to Short Strings and Back
last

Get Last Elements of a Vector
u.datumdecode

Convert ``Numeric'' Dates
u.sys

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

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

Utility Returning x-Coordinates of Boxplot
xy.grid

Produce regular grid matrix.
ecdf.ksCI

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

More simplification in tapply() result
diagX

The ``Other'' Diagonal Matrix
ps.latex

PostScript/PDF Preview Device with Optional `LaTeX' Touch
p.arrows

Prettified Arrows Plots
eaxis

Extended / Engineering Axis for Graphics
p.res.2x

Stahel's Residual Plot against 2 X's
quadrant

Give the Quadrant Number of Planar Points
u.Datumvonheute

Datum und Uhrzeit (auf deutsch)
Sys.cpuinfo

Provide Information about the Linux Hardware (CPU, Memory, etc)
mat2tex

Produce LaTeX commands to print a matrix
vcat

Paste Utilities -- Concatenate Strings
wrapFormula

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

Plot Data and Smoother / Fitted Values
p.ts

plot.ts with multi-plots and Auto-Title -- on 1 page
D1D2

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

Approximate Critical Values for Kolmogorov-Smirnov's D
u.date

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

Rounding to Significant Digits
Duplicated

Counting-Generalization of duplicated()
xy.unique.x

Uniqify (X,Y) Values using Weights
nr.sign.chg

Number of Sign Changes in Sequence
Sys.ps

Return Process Status (unix ps) Information
seqXtend

Sequence Covering the Range of X, including X
str_data

Overview on All Datasets in an R Package
f.robftest

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

Simple Matrix Plots
p.hboxp

Add a Horizontal Boxplot to the Current Plot
polyn.eval

Evaluate Polynomials
empty.dimnames

Empty Dimnames of an Array.
rot2

Rotate Planar Points by Angle
p.datum

Plot `Datum' (deutsch!) unten rechts
u.log

(Anti)Symmetric Log High-Transform
unif

Nice Uniform Points in Interval
bl.string

Blank String
diagDA

Diagonal Discriminant Analysis
p.dnorm

Plot Parametric Density Functions
p.res.2fact

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

Plot a Step Function
p.scales

Conversion between plotting scales: usr, cm, symbol
errbar

Scatter Plot with Error Bars
pretty10exp

Nice 10 ** k Label Expressions
u.assign0

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