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utils (version 3.6.2)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.6.2

License

Part of R 3.6.2

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.6.2)

PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
DLL.version

DLL Version Information on MS Windows
LINK

Create Executable Programs on Unix-alikes
COMPILE

Compile Files for Use with R on Unix-alikes
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
RHOME

R Home Directory
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
adist

Approximate String Distances
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
Rwin configuration

R for Windows Configuration
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
askYesNo

Ask a Yes/No Question
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
aspell

Spell Check Interface
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
arrangeWindows

Rearrange Windows on MS Windows
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
choose.files

Choose a List of Files Interactively on MS Windows
data

Data Sets
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
combn

Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
cite

Cite a Bibliography Entry
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
download.file

Download File from the Internet
getWindowsHandles

Get handles of Windows in the MS Windows RGui
clipboard

Read/Write to/from the Clipboard in MS Windows
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
hasName

Check for Name
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
menu

Menu Interaction Function
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
alarm

Alert the User
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
debugcall

Debug a Call
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
findLineNum

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

Choose a Folder Interactively on MS Windows
changedFiles

Detect which Files Have Changed
help.search

Search the Help System
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
getParseData

Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
getWindowsHandle

Get a Windows Handle
nsl

Look up the IP Address by Hostname (on Unix-alikes)
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function or Language Object
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
url.show

Display a Text URL
packageDescription

Package Description
packageName

Find Package Associated with an Environment
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
setWindowTitle

Set the Window Title or the Statusbar of the RGui in Windows
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
close.socket

Close a Socket
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
read.table

Data Input
getFromNamespace

Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
recover

Browsing after an Error
fix

Fix an Object
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
readRegistry

Read a Windows Registry Hive
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
flush.console

Flush Output to a Console
winextras

Get Windows Version
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
person

Persons
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
help

Documentation
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
shortPathName

Express File Paths in Short Form on Windows
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
select.list

Select Items from a List
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
process.events

Trigger Event Handling
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
zip

Create Zip Archives
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
winProgressBar

Progress Bars under MS Windows
type.convert

Convert Data to Appropriate Type
tar

Create a Tar Archive
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
winDialog

Dialog Boxes under Windows
utils-package

The R Utils Package
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
winMenus

User Menus under MS Windows (Rgui)
strcapture

Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
warnErrList

Collect and Summarize Errors From List
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
write.table

Data Output
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
memory.size

Report on Memory Allocation (on Windows)
roman

Roman Numerals
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories