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utils (version 3.5.2)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.5.2

License

Part of R 3.5.2

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.5.2)

PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
download.file

Download File from the Internet
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
RHOME

R Home Directory
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
help.search

Search the Help System
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
adist

Approximate String Distances
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
aspell

Spell Check Interface
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
read.table

Data Input
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
findLineNum

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

Browsing after an Error
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
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
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
menu

Menu Interaction Function
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
select.list

Select Items from a List
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
utils-package

The R Utils Package
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
debugcall

Debug a Call
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
fix

Fix an Object
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
flush.console

Flush Output to a Console
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
askYesNo

Ask a Yes/No Question
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
hasName

Check for Name
cite

Cite a Bibliography Entry
close.socket

Close a Socket
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
data

Data Sets
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
alarm

Alert the User
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
packageDescription

Package Description
changedFiles

Detect which Files Have Changed
combn

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

Find Package Associated with an Environment
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
person

Persons
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
process.events

Trigger Event Handling
getFromNamespace

Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function
getParseData

Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
type.convert

Convert Data to Appropriate Type
roman

Roman Numerals
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
url.show

Display a Text URL
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
read.fortran

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

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
tar

Create a Tar Archive
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
zip

Create Zip Archives
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
help

Documentation
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
strcapture

Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
warnErrList

Collect and Summarize Errors From List
write.table

Data Output
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
Question

Documentation Shortcuts