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base (version 3.5.2)

The R Base Package

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Base R functions.

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3.5.2

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Part of R 3.5.2

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in base (3.5.2)

Arithmetic

Arithmetic Operators
AsIs

Inhibit Interpretation/Conversion of Objects
EnvVar

Environment Variables
Extract

Extract or Replace Parts of an Object
log

Logarithms and Exponentials
Logic

Logical Operators
NA

‘Not Available’ / Missing Values
NULL

The Null Object
Round

Rounding of Numbers
Special

Special Functions of Mathematics
Cstack_info

Report Information on C Stack Size and Usage
Sys.getenv

Get Environment Variables
Sys.getpid

Get the Process ID of the R Session
DateTimeClasses

Date-Time Classes
agrep

Approximate String Matching (Fuzzy Matching)
all

Are All Values True?
as.Date

Date Conversion Functions to and from Character
as.POSIX*

Date-time Conversion Functions
autoload

On-demand Loading of Packages
Extract.data.frame

Extract or Replace Parts of a Data Frame
Extract.factor

Extract or Replace Parts of a Factor
backsolve

Solve an Upper or Lower Triangular System
ISOdatetime

Date-time Conversion Functions from Numeric Representations
Internal

Call an Internal Function
basename

Manipulate File Paths
Primitive

Look Up a Primitive Function
.bincode

Bin a Numeric Vector
Bessel

Bessel Functions
CallExternal

Modern Interfaces to C/C++ code
Dates

Date Class
Defunct

Marking Objects as Defunct
Foreign

Foreign Function Interface
Hyperbolic

Hyperbolic Functions
NumericConstants

Numeric Constants
Constants

Built-in Constants
chkDots

Warn About Extraneous Arguments in the "..." of Its Caller
Quotes

Quotes
chol

The Choleski Decomposition
conditions

Condition Handling and Recovery
Ops.Date

Operators on the Date Class
Reserved

Reserved Words in R
Sys.which

Find Full Paths to Executables
Rhome

Return the R Home Directory
Control

Control Flow
Trig

Trigonometric Functions
append

Vector Merging
Startup

Initialization at Start of an R Session
Syntax

Operator Syntax and Precedence
Memory-limits

Memory Limits in R
Memory

Memory Available for Data Storage
Recall

Recursive Calling
Sys.readlink

Read File Symbolic Links
args

Argument List of a Function
RdUtils

Utilities for Processing Rd Files
Sys.localeconv

Find Details of the Numerical and Monetary Representations in the Current Locale
UseMethod

Class Methods
array

Multi-way Arrays
apply

Apply Functions Over Array Margins
Vectorize

Vectorize a Scalar Function
assignOps

Assignment Operators
attach

Attach Set of R Objects to Search Path
all.names

Find All Names in an Expression
attr

Object Attributes
all.equal

Test if Two Objects are (Nearly) Equal
conflicts

Search for Masked Objects on the Search Path
base-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package base
attributes

Object Attribute Lists
Extremes

Maxima and Minima
builtins

Returns the Names of All Built-in Objects
base-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package base
by

Apply a Function to a Data Frame Split by Factors
Foreign-internal

Internal Versions of the Foreign Function Interface
charmatch

Partial String Matching
bindenv

Binding and Environment Locking, Active Bindings
InternalMethods

Internal Generic Functions
La_library

LAPACK Library
cut

Convert Numeric to Factor
dput

Write an Object to a File or Recreate it
cut.POSIXt

Convert a Date or Date-Time Object to a Factor
base-internal

Internal Objects in Package base
chartr

Character Translation and Casefolding
bitwise

Bitwise Logical Operations
c

Combine Values into a Vector or List
call

Function Calls
data.class

Object Classes
LongVectors

Long Vectors
extSoftVersion

Report Versions of Third-Party Software
drop

Drop Redundant Extent Information
format.pval

Format P Values
formatDL

Format Description Lists
factor

Factors
getNativeSymbolInfo

Obtain a Description of one or more Native (C/Fortran) Symbols
gettext

Translate Text Messages
base-package

The R Base Package
cat

Concatenate and Print
grep

Pattern Matching and Replacement
data.frame

Data Frames
MathFun

Miscellaneous Mathematical Functions
cbind

Combine R Objects by Rows or Columns
grepRaw

Pattern Matching for Raw Vectors
col

Column Indexes
identical

Test Objects for Exact Equality
row+colnames

Row and Column Names
.Device

Lists of Open/Active Graphics Devices
colSums

Form Row and Column Sums and Means
Random.user

User-supplied Random Number Generation
commandArgs

Extract Command Line Arguments
Random

Random Number Generation
comment

Query or Set a "comment" Attribute
complex

Complex Numbers and Basic Functionality
Sys.setFileTime

Set File Time
Sys.setenv

Set or Unset Environment Variables
Sys.sleep

Suspend Execution for a Time Interval
Sys.time

Get Current Date and Time
date

System Date and Time
identity

Identity Function
any

Are Some Values True?
aperm

Array Transposition
det

Calculate the Determinant of a Matrix
as.data.frame

Coerce to a Data Frame
diag

Matrix Diagonals
dim

Dimensions of an Object
as.environment

Coerce to an Environment Object
dimnames

Dimnames of an Object
body

Access to and Manipulation of the Body of a Function
bquote

Partial substitution in expressions
browser

Environment Browser
browserText

Functions to Retrieve Values Supplied by Calls to the Browser
eval

Evaluate an (Unevaluated) Expression
detach

Detach Objects from the Search Path
chol2inv

Inverse from Choleski (or QR) Decomposition
class

Object Classes
dots

…, ..1, etc used in Functions
is.object

Is an Object ‘internally classed’?
is.recursive

Is an Object Atomic or Recursive?
double

Double-Precision Vectors
connections

Functions to Manipulate Connections (Files, URLs, ...)
dcf

Read and Write Data in DCF Format
diff

Lagged Differences
encodeString

Encode Character Vector as for Printing
contributors

R Project Contributors
environment

Environment Access
difftime

Time Intervals / Differences
file.show

Display One or More Text Files
do.call

Execute a Function Call
mapply

Apply a Function to Multiple List or Vector Arguments
exists

Is an Object Defined?
file.access

Ascertain File Accessibility
file.choose

Choose a File Interactively
findInterval

Find Interval Numbers or Indices
cumsum

Cumulative Sums, Products, and Extremes
force

Force Evaluation of an Argument
curlGetHeaders

Retrieve Headers from URLs
deparse

Expression Deparsing
dontCheck

Identity Function to Suppress Checking
duplicated

Determine Duplicate Elements
deparseOpts

Options for Expression Deparsing
dyn.load

Foreign Function Interface
expand.grid

Create a Data Frame from All Combinations of Factor Variables
gzcon

(De)compress I/O Through Connections
expression

Unevaluated Expressions
files

File Manipulation
format

Encode in a Common Format
hexmode

Display Numbers in Hexadecimal
formatC

Formatting Using C-style Formats
margin.table

Compute table margin
function

Function Definition
format.info

format(.) Information
funprog

Common Higher-Order Functions in Functional Programming Languages
Colon

Colon Operator
gc

Garbage Collection
getwd

Get or Set Working Directory
files2

Manipulation of Directories and File Permissions
gl

Generate Factor Levels
Comparison

Relational Operators
getDLLRegisteredRoutines

Reflectance Information for C/Fortran routines in a DLL
getLoadedDLLs

Get DLLs Loaded in Current Session
is.language

Is an Object a Language Object?
is.function

Is an Object of Type (Primitive) Function?
libcurlVersion

Report Version of libcurl
iconv

Convert Character Vector between Encodings
library

Loading/Attaching and Listing of Packages
icuSetCollate

Setup Collation by ICU
interaction

Compute Factor Interactions
ifelse

Conditional Element Selection
mean

Arithmetic Mean
find.package

Find Packages
memCompress

In-memory Compression and Decompression
integer

Integer Vectors
interactive

Is R Running Interactively?
Deprecated

Marking Objects as Deprecated
Encoding

Read or Set the Declared Encodings for a Character Vector
forceAndCall

Call a function with Some Arguments Forced
formals

Access to and Manipulation of the Formal Arguments
nrow

The Number of Rows/Columns of an Array
is.R

Are we using R, rather than S?
La_version

LAPACK Version
list

Lists -- Generic and Dotted Pairs
ns-dblcolon

Double Colon and Triple Colon Operators
Last.value

Value of Last Evaluated Expression
isSymmetric

Test if a Matrix or other Object is Symmetric (Hermitian)
Paren

Parentheses and Braces
labels

Find Labels from Object
isS4

Test for an S4 object
l10n_info

Localization Information
.Platform

Platform Specific Variables
gc.time

Report Time Spent in Garbage Collection
ns-load

Loading and Unloading Name Spaces
gctorture

Torture Garbage Collector
list.files

List the Files in a Directory/Folder
kappa

Compute or Estimate the Condition Number of a Matrix
mat.or.vec

Create a Matrix or a Vector
match

Value Matching
ns-reflect.Rd

Namespace Reflection Support
kronecker

Kronecker Products on Arrays
rawConversion

Convert to or from Raw Vectors
levels

Levels Attributes
Sys.glob

Wildcard Expansion on File Paths
readBin

Transfer Binary Data To and From Connections
readline

Read a Line from the Terminal
reg.finalizer

Finalization of Objects
matrix

Matrices
libPaths

Search Paths for Packages
maxCol

Find Maximum Position in Matrix
jitter

‘Jitter’ (Add Noise) to Numbers
Sys.info

Extract System and User Information
logical

Logical Vectors
locales

Query or Set Aspects of the Locale
rowsum

Give Column Sums of a Matrix or Data Frame, Based on a Grouping Variable
R.Version

Version Information
sQuote

Quote Text
lapply

Apply a Function over a List or Vector
lazyLoad

Lazy Load a Database of R Objects
serialize

Simple Serialization Interface
library.dynam

Loading DLLs from Packages
abbreviate

Abbreviate Strings
license

The R License Terms
match.arg

Argument Verification Using Partial Matching
match.call

Argument Matching
setTimeLimit

Set CPU and/or Elapsed Time Limits
as.function

Convert Object to Function
ns-topenv

Top Level Environment
assign

Assign a Value to a Name
numeric

Numeric Vectors
solve

Solve a System of Equations
pos.to.env

Convert Positions in the Search Path to Environments
memory.profile

Profile the Usage of Cons Cells
merge

Merge Two Data Frames
sort

Sorting or Ordering Vectors
names

The Names of an Object
stop

Stop Function Execution
stopifnot

Ensure the Truth of R Expressions
noquote

Class for ‘no quote’ Printing of Character Strings
strwrap

Wrap Character Strings to Format Paragraphs
capabilities

Report Capabilities of this Build of R
callCC

Call With Current Continuation
lower.tri

Lower and Upper Triangular Part of a Matrix
subset

Subsetting Vectors, Matrices and Data Frames
nargs

The Number of Arguments to a Function
switch

Select One of a List of Alternatives
norm

Compute the Norm of a Matrix
pretty

Pretty Breakpoints
ls

List Objects
make.names

Make Syntactically Valid Names
sys.parent

Functions to Access the Function Call Stack
taskCallbackManager

Create an R-level Task Callback Manager
taskCallbackNames

Query the Names of the Current Internal Top-Level Task Callbacks
char.expand

Expand a String with Respect to a Target Table
make.unique

Make Character Strings Unique
unique

Extract Unique Elements
print

Print Values
print.data.frame

Printing Data Frames
unlink

Delete Files and Directories
message

Diagnostic Messages
missing

Does a Formal Argument have a Value?
numeric_version

Numeric Versions
character

Character Vectors
copyright

Copyrights of Files Used to Build R
normalizePath

Express File Paths in Canonical Form
NotYet

Not Yet Implemented Functions and Unused Arguments
crossprod

Matrix Crossproduct
data.matrix

Convert a Data Frame to a Numeric Matrix
octmode

Display Numbers in Octal
on.exit

Function Exit Code
options

Options Settings
dataframeHelpers

Data Frame Auxiliary Functions
order

Ordering Permutation
writeLines

Write Lines to a Connection
debug

Debug a Function
parse

Parse Expressions
xtfrm

Auxiliary Function for Sorting and Ranking
paste

Concatenate Strings
outer

Outer Product of Arrays
ns-hooks

Hooks for Namespace Events
prop.table

Express Table Entries as Fraction of Marginal Table
pushBack

Push Text Back on to a Connection
delayedAssign

Delay Evaluation
ns-internals

Namespace Internals
droplevels

Drop Unused Levels from Factors
dump

Text Representations of R Objects
print.default

Default Printing
pmatch

Partial String Matching
polyroot

Find Zeros of a Real or Complex Polynomial
prmatrix

Print Matrices, Old-style
qr

The QR Decomposition of a Matrix
eapply

Apply a Function Over Values in an Environment
eigen

Spectral Decomposition of a Matrix
QR.Auxiliaries

Reconstruct the Q, R, or X Matrices from a QR Object
file.info

Extract File Information
readChar

Transfer Character Strings To and From Connections
file.path

Construct Path to File
readLines

Read Text Lines from a Connection
rep

Replicate Elements of Vectors and Lists
get

Return the Value of a Named Object
getCallingDLL

Compute DLL for Native Interface Call
replace

Replace Values in a Vector
row

Row Indexes
row.names

Get and Set Row Names for Data Frames
groupGeneric

S3 Group Generic Functions
seq

Sequence Generation
sequence

Create A Vector of Sequences
slotOp

Extract or Replace A Slot
socketSelect

Wait on Socket Connections
rank

Sample Ranks
quit

Terminate an R Session
raw

Raw Vectors
grouping

Grouping Permutation
rawConnection

Raw Connections
sys.source

Parse and Evaluate Expressions from a File
range

Range of Values
rev

Reverse Elements
rapply

Recursively Apply a Function to a List
rle

Run Length Encoding
system

Invoke a System Command
search

Give Search Path for R Objects
seek

Functions to Reposition Connections
sample

Random Samples and Permutations
invisible

Change the Print Mode to Invisible
tapply

Apply a Function Over a Ragged Array
save

Save R Objects
seq.Date

Generate Regular Sequences of Dates
regex

Regular Expressions as used in R
taskCallback

Add or Remove a Top-Level Task Callback
try

Try an Expression Allowing Error Recovery
seq.POSIXt

Generate Regular Sequences of Times
typeof

The Type of an Object
weekdays

Extract Parts of a POSIXt or Date Object
regmatches

Extract or Replace Matched Substrings
is.finite

Finite, Infinite and NaN Numbers
remove

Remove Objects from a Specified Environment
source

Read R Code from a File, a Connection or Expressions
round.POSIXt

Round / Truncate Data-Time Objects
is.single

Is an Object of Single Precision Type?
which

Which indices are TRUE?
strptime

Date-time Conversion Functions to and from Character
is.unsorted

Test if an Object is Not Sorted
length

Length of an Object
split

Divide into Groups and Reassemble
strrep

Repeat the Elements of a Character Vector
lengths

Lengths of List or Vector Elements
zutils

Miscellaneous Internal/Programming Utilities
strtrim

Trim Character Strings to Specified Display Widths
structure

Attribute Specification
toString

Convert an R Object to a Character String
sets

Set Operations
sprintf

Use C-style String Formatting Commands
srcfile

References to Source Files and Code
svd

Singular Value Decomposition of a Matrix
trace

Interactive Tracing and Debugging of Calls to a Function or Method
shQuote

Quote Strings for Use in OS Shells
list2env

From A List, Build or Add To an Environment
traceback

Get and Print Call Stacks
load

Reload Saved Datasets
tracemem

Trace Copying of Objects
sweep

Sweep out Array Summaries
which.min

Where is the Min() or Max() or first TRUE or FALSE ?
system2

Invoke a System Command
with

Evaluate an Expression in a Data Environment
showConnections

Display Connections
sign

Sign Function
standardGeneric

Formal Method System -- Dispatching S4 Methods
zapsmall

Rounding of Numbers: Zapping Small Ones to Zero
t

Matrix Transpose
userhooks

Functions to Get and Set Hooks for Load, Attach, Detach and Unload
startsWith

Does String Start or End With Another String?
match.fun

Extract a Function Specified by Name
substitute

Substituting and Quoting Expressions
zpackages

Listing of Packages
substr

Substrings of a Character Vector
utf8Conversion

Convert Integer Vectors to or from UTF-8-encoded Character Vectors
table

Cross Tabulation and Table Creation
matmult

Matrix Multiplication
mode

The (Storage) Mode of an Object
tabulate

Tabulation for Vectors
tempfile

Create Names for Temporary Files
textConnection

Text Connections
name

Names and Symbols
unlist

Flatten Lists
unname

Remove names or dimnames
validUTF8

Check if a Character Vector is Validly Encoded
nchar

Count the Number of Characters (or Bytes or Width)
nlevels

The Number of Levels of a Factor
vector

Vectors
.Machine

Numerical Characteristics of the Machine
path.expand

Expand File Paths
.Script

Scripting Language Interface
pcre_config

Report Configuration Options for PCRE
proc.time

Running Time of R
prod

Product of Vector Elements
readRDS

Serialization Interface for Single Objects
readRenviron

Set Environment Variables from a File
scale

Scaling and Centering of Matrix-like Objects
scan

Read Data Values
sink

Send R Output to a File
slice.index

Slice Indexes in an Array
strsplit

Split the Elements of a Character Vector
sum

Sum of Vector Elements
strtoi

Convert Strings to Integers
summary

Object Summaries
system.file

Find Names of R System Files
system.time

CPU Time Used
tilde

Tilde Operator
timezones

Time Zones
transform

Transform an Object, for Example a Data Frame
trimws

Remove Leading/Trailing Whitespace
warning

Warning Messages
warnings

Print Warning Messages
withVisible

Return both a Value and its Visibility
write

Write Data to a File