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utils (version 3.4.3)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.4.3

License

Part of R 3.4.3

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.4.3)

BATCH

Batch Execution of R
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
RHOME

R Home Directory
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
adist

Approximate String Distances
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
aspell

Spell Check Interface
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
close.socket

Close a Socket
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
combn

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

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
changedFiles

Detect which files have changed
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
alarm

Alert the User
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
cite

Cite a bibliography entry.
debugcall

Debug a Call
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
data

Data Sets
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
download.file

Download File from the Internet
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
findLineNum

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

Edit One or More Files
fix

Fix an Object
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
help

Documentation
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
getParseData

Get detailed parse information from object.
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
flush.console

Flush Output to A Console
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
hasName

Check for name
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
packageDescription

Package Description
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a function acts as an S3 generic
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
read.fortran

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

Build and Query R or Package News Information
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
process.events

Trigger event handling
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
person

Persons
recover

Browsing after an Error
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
read.table

Data Input
help.search

Search the Help System
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
menu

Menu Interaction Function
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
select.list

Select Items from a List
strcapture

Capture string tokens into a data.frame
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
packageName

Find package associated with an environment.
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
url.show

Display a text URL
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function.
tar

Create a Tar Archive
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
type.convert

Type Conversion on Character Variables
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
utils-package

The R Utils Package
zip

Create Zip archives
roman

Roman Numerals
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
write.table

Data Output
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils