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utils (version 3.5.1)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.5.1

License

Part of R 3.5.1

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.5.1)

Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
RHOME

R Home Directory
getFromNamespace

Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
aspell

Spell Check Interface
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
getParseData

Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
alarm

Alert the User
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
adist

Approximate String Distances
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
help.search

Search the Help System
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
changedFiles

Detect which Files Have Changed
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
combn

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

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
menu

Menu Interaction Function
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
process.events

Trigger Event Handling
debugcall

Debug a Call
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function
person

Persons
type.convert

Convert Data to Appropriate Type
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
help

Documentation
fix

Fix an Object
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
flush.console

Flush Output to a Console
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
hasName

Check for Name
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
select.list

Select Items from a List
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
roman

Roman Numerals
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
packageDescription

Package Description
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
packageName

Find Package Associated with an Environment
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
url.show

Display a Text URL
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
utils-package

The R Utils Package
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
recover

Browsing after an Error
read.table

Data Input
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
data

Data Sets
findLineNum

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

Shell-style Tests on Files
strcapture

Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
askYesNo

Ask a Yes/No Question
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
zip

Create Zip Archives
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
read.fortran

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

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
tar

Create a Tar Archive
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
warnErrList

Collect and Summarize Errors From List
write.table

Data Output
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
download.file

Download File from the Internet
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
close.socket

Close a Socket
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
cite

Cite a Bibliography Entry
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use