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utils (version 3.2.3)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.2.3

License

Part of R 3.2.3

Maintainer

R-core R-core@R-project.org

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.2.3)

aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
adist

Approximate String Distances
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
alarm

Alert the User
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
aspell

Spell Check Interface
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
close.socket

Close a Socket
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
cite

Cite a bibliography entry.
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
changedFiles

Detect which files have changed
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
combn

Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
data

Data Sets
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
download.file

Download File from the Internet
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
flush.console

Flush Output to A Console
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
findLineNum

Find the Location of a Line of Source Code, or Set a Breakpoint There.
fix

Fix an Object
getS3method

Get An S3 Method
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
help

Documentation
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
help.search

Search the Help System
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
menu

Menu Interaction Function
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
packageName

Find package associated with an environment.
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
process.events

Trigger event handling
packageDescription

Package Description
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
RHOME

R Home Directory
roman

Roman Numerals
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
read.table

Data Input
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
recover

Browsing after an Error
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
select.list

Select Items from a List
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
type.convert

Type Conversion on Character Variables
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
utils-package

The R Utils Package
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
person

Persons
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
zip

Create Zip archives
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
url.show

Display a text URL
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
vignette

View or List Package Vignettes
write.table

Data Output
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
tar

Create a Tar Archive
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function.
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar