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utils (version 3.3)
The R Utils Package
Description
R utility functions.
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January 1st, 1970
Functions in utils (3.3)
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RShowDoc
Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
alarm
Alert the User
hsearch-utils
Help Search Utilities
remove.packages
Remove Installed Packages
page
Invoke a Pager on an R Object
chooseBioCmirror
Select a Bioconductor Mirror
person
Persons
BATCH
Batch Execution of R
RSiteSearch
Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
Question
Documentation Shortcuts
PkgUtils
Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
Rprof
Enable Profiling of R's Execution
Rprofmem
Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
RHOME
R Home Directory
RweaveLatex
R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
Rscript
Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle
R Driver for Stangle
Sweave
Automatic Generation of Reports
REMOVE
Remove Add-on Packages
SweaveUtils
Sweave Driver Utilities
aregexec
Approximate String Match Positions
View
Invoke a Data Viewer
SweaveSyntConv
Convert Sweave Syntax
apropos
Find Objects by (Partial) Name
aspell-utils
Spell Check Utilities
aspell
Spell Check Interface
bibentry
Bibliography Entries
browseEnv
Browse Objects in Environment
browseURL
Load URL into an HTML Browser
available.packages
List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
changedFiles
Detect which files have changed
capture.output
Send Output to a Character String or File
chooseCRANmirror
Select a CRAN Mirror
INSTALL
Install Add-on Packages
browseVignettes
List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
cite
Cite a bibliography entry.
close.socket
Close a Socket
create.post
Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
compareVersion
Compare Two Package Version Numbers
SHLIB
Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
combn
Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
count.fields
Count the Number of Fields per Line
data
Data Sets
dataentry
Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
citation
Citing R and R Packages in Publications
debugger
Post-Mortem Debugging
contrib.url
Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
demo
Demonstrations of R Functionality
edit
Invoke a Text Editor
download.file
Download File from the Internet
file.edit
Edit One or More Files
example
Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
file_test
Shell-style Tests on Files
findLineNum
Find the Location of a Line of Source Code, or Set a Breakpoint There.
fix
Fix an Object
flush.console
Flush Output to A Console
format
Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
edit.data.frame
Edit Data Frames and Matrices
getAnywhere
Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
getFromNamespace
Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
getParseData
Get detailed parse information from object.
getS3method
Get an S3 Method
head
Return the First or Last Part of an Object
help
Documentation
help.start
Hypertext Documentation
install.packages
Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
help.search
Search the Help System
installed.packages
Find Installed Packages
maintainer
Show Package Maintainer
isS3method
Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
ls.str
List Objects and their Structure
localeToCharset
Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
globalVariables
Declarations Used in Checking a Package
make.packages.html
Update HTML Package List
glob2rx
Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
help.request
Send a Post to R-help
make.socket
Create a Socket Connection
menu
Menu Interaction Function
mirrorAdmin
Managing Repository Mirrors
modifyList
Recursively Modify Elements of a List
methods
List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
object.size
Report the Space Allocated for an Object
news
Build and Query R or Package News Information
process.events
Trigger event handling
packageDescription
Package Description
package.skeleton
Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
packageStatus
Package Management Tools
prompt
Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
promptPackage
Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
promptData
Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
read.fortran
Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
read.fwf
Read Fixed Width Format Files
rcompgen
A Completion Generator for R
read.socket
Read from or Write to a Socket
read.table
Data Input
recover
Browsing after an Error
removeSource
Remove Stored Source from a Function.
relist
Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
read.DIF
Data Input from Spreadsheet
rtags
An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
savehistory
Load or Save or Display the Commands History
setRepositories
Select Package Repositories
select.list
Select Items from a List
sourceutils
Source Reference Utilities
str
Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
type.convert
Type Conversion on Character Variables
summaryRprof
Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
sessionInfo
Collect Information About the Current R Session
stack
Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
tar
Create a Tar Archive
utils-package
The R Utils Package
utils-deprecated
Deprecated Functions in Package
utils
txtProgressBar
Text Progress Bar
url.show
Display a text URL
utils-defunct
Defunct Functions in Package
utils
update.packages
Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
vignette
View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
write.table
Data Output
untar
Extract or List Tar Archives
adist
Approximate String Distances
download.packages
Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
bug.report
Send a Bug Report
URLencode
Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
citEntry
Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
packageName
Find package associated with an environment.
unzip
Extract or List Zip Archives
roman
Roman Numerals
toLatex
Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
zip
Create Zip archives