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base (version 3.3.1)

The R Base Package

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Base R functions.

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3.3.1

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Part of R 3.3.1

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in base (3.3.1)

append

Vector Merging
any

Are Some Values True?
args

Argument List of a Function
apply

Apply Functions Over Array Margins
aperm

Array Transposition
all.names

Find All Names in an Expression
agrep

Approximate String Matching (Fuzzy Matching)
all.equal

Test if Two Objects are (Nearly) Equal
all

Are All Values True?
abbreviate

Abbreviate Strings
assign

Assign a Value to a Name
as.POSIX*

Date-time Conversion Functions
as.environment

Coerce to an Environment Object
assignOps

Assignment Operators
AsIs

Inhibit Interpretation/Conversion of Objects
as.Date

Date Conversion Functions to and from Character
as.data.frame

Coerce to a Data Frame
array

Multi-way Arrays
Arithmetic

Arithmetic Operators
as.function

Convert Object to Function
attributes

Object Attribute Lists
autoload

On-demand Loading of Packages
base-internal

Internal Objects in Package base
backsolve

Solve an Upper or Lower Triangular System
base-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package base
attach

Attach Set of R Objects to Search Path
attr

Object Attributes
base-package

The R Base Package
base-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package base
basename

Manipulate File Paths
bitwise

Bitwise Logical Operations
body

Access to and Manipulation of the Body of a Function
bquote

Partial substitution in expressions
Bessel

Bessel Functions
browserText

Functions to Retrieve Values Supplied by Calls to the Browser
browser

Environment Browser
.bincode

Bin a Numeric Vector
by

Apply a Function to a Data Frame Split by Factors
builtins

Returns the Names of All Built-in Objects
bindenv

Binding and Environment Locking, Active Bindings
charmatch

Partial String Matching
cat

Concatenate and Print
callCC

Call With Current Continuation
character

Character Vectors
cbind

Combine R Objects by Rows or Columns
char.expand

Expand a String with Respect to a Target Table
c

Combine Values into a Vector or List
capabilities

Report Capabilities of this Build of R
call

Function Calls
CallExternal

Modern Interfaces to C/C++ code
colSums

Form Row and Column Sums and Means
col

Column Indexes
row+colnames

Row and Column Names
chol2inv

Inverse from Choleski (or QR) Decomposition
chartr

Character Translation and Casefolding
commandArgs

Extract Command Line Arguments
chkDots

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

The Choleski Decomposition
Colon

Colon Operator
class

Object Classes
Control

Control Flow
cut

Convert Numeric to Factor
copyright

Copyrights of Files Used to Build R
crossprod

Matrix Crossproduct
cut.POSIXt

Convert a Date or Date-Time Object to a Factor
Cstack_info

Report Information on C Stack Size and Usage
conditions

Condition Handling and Recovery
complex

Complex Numbers and Basic Functionality
Constants

Built-in Constants
contributors

R Project Contributors
data.frame

Data Frames
data.class

Object Classes
debug

Debug a Function
comment

Query or Set a "comment" Attribute
Defunct

Marking Objects as Defunct
Comparison

Relational Operators
data.matrix

Convert a Data Frame to a Numeric Matrix
dataframeHelpers

Data Frame Auxiliary Functions
deparse

Expression Deparsing
delayedAssign

Delay Evaluation
.Device

Lists of Open/Active Graphics Devices
diag

Matrix Diagonals
encodeString

Encode Character Vector as for Printing
deparseOpts

Options for Expression Deparsing
Encoding

Read or Set the Declared Encodings for a Character Vector
dim

Dimensions of an Object
Deprecated

Marking Objects as Deprecated
do.call

Execute a Function Call
droplevels

droplevels
dump

Text Representations of R Objects
expand.grid

Create a Data Frame from All Combinations of Factor Variables
files2

Manipulaton of Directories and File Permissions
expression

Unevaluated Expressions
find.package

Find Packages
conflicts

Search for Masked Objects on the Search Path
cumsum

Cumulative Sums, Products, and Extremes
connections

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

Retrieve Headers from URLs
duplicated

Determine Duplicate Elements
dyn.load

Foreign Function Interface
environment

Environment Access
EnvVar

Environment Variables
findInterval

Find Interval Numbers or Indices
force

Force Evaluation of an Argument
Foreign

Foreign Function Interface
formals

Access to and Manipulation of the Formal Arguments
hexmode

Display Numbers in Hexadecimal
Hyperbolic

Hyperbolic Functions
Internal

Call an Internal Function
InternalMethods

Internal Generic Functions
is.single

Is an Object of Single Precision Type?
ISOdatetime

Date-time Conversion Functions from Numeric Representations
file.show

Display One or More Text Files
kappa

Compute or Estimate the Condition Number of a Matrix
format.pval

Format P Values
files

File Manipulation
formatC

Formatting Using C-style Formats
getDLLRegisteredRoutines

Reflectance Information for C/Fortran routines in a DLL
grouping

Grouping Permutation
getNativeSymbolInfo

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

(De)compress I/O Through Connections
interaction

Compute Factor Interactions
diff

Lagged Differences
difftime

Time Intervals / Differences
dput

Write an Object to a File or Recreate it
drop

Drop Redundant Extent Information
eval

Evaluate an (Unevaluated) Expression
exists

Is an Object Defined?
file.access

Ascertain File Accessibility
file.choose

Choose a File Interactively
formatDL

Format Description Lists
DateTimeClasses

Date-Time Classes
dcf

Read and Write Data in DCF Format
dontCheck

Identity Function to Suppress Checking
double

Double-Precision Vectors
Extract

Extract or Replace Parts of an Object
Extremes

Maxima and Minima
file.info

Extract File Information
file.path

Construct Path to File
format.info

format(.) Information
invisible

Change the Print Mode to Invisible
interactive

Is R Running Interactively?
libPaths

Search Paths for Packages
is.finite

Finite, Infinite and NaN Numbers
library.dynam

Loading DLLs from Packages
margin.table

Compute table margin
mat.or.vec

Create a Matrix or a Vector
noquote

Class for ‘no quote’ Printing of Character Strings
nrow

The Number of Rows/Columns of an Array
norm

Compute the Norm of a Matrix
kronecker

Kronecker Products on Arrays
license

The R License Terms
library

Loading/Attaching and Listing of Packages
LongVectors

Long Vectors
lower.tri

Lower and Upper Triangular Part of a Matrix
matmult

Matrix Multiplication
MathFun

Miscellaneous Mathematical Functions
matrix

Matrices
maxCol

Find Maximum Position in Matrix
names

The Names of an Object
date

System Date and Time
Dates

Date Class
det

Calculate the Determinant of a Matrix
detach

Detach Objects from the Search Path
eapply

Apply a Function Over Values in an Environment
eigen

Spectral Decomposition of a Matrix
Extract.data.frame

Extract or Replace Parts of a Data Frame
extSoftVersion

Report Versions of Third-Party Software
Extract.factor

Extract or Replace Parts of a Factor
factor

Factors
function

Function Definition
icuSetCollate

Setup Collation by ICU
iconv

Convert Character Vector between Encodings
lazyLoad

Lazy Load a Database of R Objects
Last.value

Value of Last Evaluated Expression
levels

Levels Attributes
gc.time

Report Time Spent in Garbage Collection
format

Encode in a Common Format
gctorture

Torture Garbage Collector
gl

Generate Factor Levels
is.function

Is an Object of Type (Primitive) Function?
grep

Pattern Matching and Replacement
forceAndCall

Call a function with Some Arguments Forced
getCallingDLL

Compute DLL for Native Interface Call
Foreign-internal

Internal Versions of the Foreign Function Interface
get

Return the Value of a Named Object
gettext

Translate Text Messages
identity

Identity Function
getwd

Get or Set Working Directory
identical

Test Objects for Exact Equality
jitter

‘Jitter’ (Add Noise) to Numbers
is.language

Is an Object a Language Object?
isSymmetric

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

Length of an Object
locales

Query or Set Aspects of the Locale
lengths

Lengths of List or Vector Elements
Memory-limits

Memory Limits in R
match.call

Argument Matching
match.arg

Argument Verification Using Partial Matching
log

Logarithms and Exponentials
is.object

Is an Object ‘internally classed’?
is.recursive

Is an Object Atomic or Recursive?
labels

Find Labels from Object
lapply

Apply a Function over a List or Vector
Logic

Logical Operators
match

Value Matching
match.fun

Extract a Function Specified by Name
logical

Logical Vectors
missing

Does a Formal Argument have a Value?
message

Diagnostic Messages
libcurlVersion

Report Version of libcurl
load

Reload Saved Datasets
list2env

From A List, Build or Add To an Environment
ns-load

Loading and Unloading Name Spaces
memCompress

In-memory Compression and Decompression
on.exit

Function Exit Code
Ops.Date

Operators on the Date Class
ns-reflect.Rd

Namespace Reflection Support
mean

Arithmetic Mean
print.default

Default Printing
funprog

Common Higher-Order Functions in Functional Programming Languages
grepRaw

Pattern Matching for Raw Vectors
gc

Garbage Collection
is.R

Are we using R, rather than S?
integer

Integer Vectors
groupGeneric

S3 Group Generic Functions
ifelse

Conditional Element Selection
isS4

Test for an S4 object
La_version

LAPACK Version
l10n_info

Localization Information
nargs

The Number of Arguments to a Function
numeric_version

Numeric Versions
order

Ordering Permutation
outer

Outer Product of Arrays
print.data.frame

Printing Data Frames
pushBack

Push Text Back on to a Connection
numeric

Numeric Vectors
rank

Sample Ranks
qr

The QR Decomposition of a Matrix
nlevels

The Number of Levels of a Factor
nchar

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

The Null Object
NumericConstants

Numeric Constants
octmode

Display Numbers in Octal
pcre_config

Report Configuration Options for PCRE
.Platform

Platform Specific Variables
Random.user

User-supplied Random Number Generation
readline

Read a Line from the Terminal
readChar

Transfer Character Strings To and From Connections
print

Print Values
rep

Replicate Elements of Vectors and Lists
proc.time

Running Time of R
replace

Replace Values in a Vector
save

Save R Objects
sample

Random Samples and Permutations
Memory

Memory Available for Data Storage
setTimeLimit

Set CPU and/or Elapsed Time Limits
ns-hooks

Hooks for Namespace Events
mode

The (Storage) Mode of an Object
path.expand

Expand File Paths
paste

Concatenate Strings
ns-internals

Namespace Internals
pmatch

Partial String Matching
polyroot

Find Zeros of a Real or Complex Polynomial
ns-topenv

Top Level Environment
Primitive

Look Up a Primitive Function
reg.finalizer

Finalization of Objects
rapply

Recursively Apply a Function to a List
row.names

Get and Set Row Names for Data Frames
rowsum

Give Column Sums of a Matrix or Data Frame, Based on a Grouping Variable
scale

Scaling and Centering of Matrix-like Objects
scan

Read Data Values
slotOp

Extract or Replace A Slot
startsWith

Does String Start or End With Another String?
standardGeneric

Formal Method System -- Dispatching S4 Methods
socketSelect

Wait on Socket Connections
prmatrix

Print Matrices, Old-style
Quotes

Quotes
strwrap

Wrap Character Strings to Format Paragraphs
list

Lists -- Generic and Dotted Pairs
list.files

List the Files in a Directory/Folder
ls

List Objects
make.names

Make Syntactically Valid Names
memory.profile

Profile the Usage of Cons Cells
make.unique

Make Character Strings Unique
mapply

Apply a Function to Multiple List or Vector Arguments
merge

Merge Two Data Frames
normalizePath

Express File Paths in Canonical Form
name

Names and Symbols
NotYet

Not Yet Implemented Functions and Unused Arguments
showConnections

Display Connections
Startup

Initialization at Start of an R Session
stop

Stop Function Execution
stopifnot

Ensure the Truth of R Expressions
Syntax

Operator Syntax and Precedence
strrep

Repeat the Elements of a Character Vector
Sys.time

Get Current Date and Time
Sys.getenv

Get Environment Variables
taskCallbackManager

Create an R-level Task Callback Manager
Sys.which

Find Full Paths to Executables
quit

Terminate an R Session
QR.Auxiliaries

Reconstruct the Q, R, or X Matrices from a QR Object
RdUtils

Utilities for Processing Rd Files
readLines

Read Text Lines from a Connection
readBin

Transfer Binary Data To and From Connections
round.POSIXt

Round / Truncate Data-Time Objects
readRDS

Serialization Interface for Single Objects
row

Row Indexes
seek

Functions to Reposition Connections
search

Give Search Path for R Objects
regmatches

Extract or Replace Matched Substrings
serialize

Simple Serialization Interface
sets

Set Operations
sQuote

Quote Text
strtoi

Convert Strings to Integers
Sys.getpid

Get the Process ID of the R Session
strsplit

Split the Elements of a Character Vector
srcfile

References to source files
transform

Transform an Object, for Example a Data Frame
Sys.glob

Wildcard Expansion on File Paths
sort

Sorting or Ordering Vectors
solve

Solve a System of Equations
source

Read R Code from a File or a Connection
Special

Special Functions of Mathematics
substr

Substrings of a Character Vector
substitute

Substituting and Quoting Expressions
Sys.info

Extract System and User Information
Sys.readlink

Read File Symbolic Links
sys.parent

Functions to Access the Function Call Stack
Sys.localeconv

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

Remove names or dimnames
Trig

Trigonometric Functions
UseMethod

Class Methods
which.min

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

Evaluate an Expression in a Data Environment
sum

Sum of Vector Elements
.Script

Scripting Language Interface
subset

Subsetting Vectors, Matrices and Data Frames
zpackages

Listing of Packages
Sys.sleep

Suspend Execution for a Time Interval
summary

Object Summaries
sys.source

Parse and Evaluate Expressions from a File
tempfile

Create Names for Temporary Files
textConnection

Text Connections
trimws

Remove Leading/Trailing Whitespace
typeof

The Type of an Object
try

Try an Expression Allowing Error Recovery
trace

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

Convert an R Object to a Character String
taskCallbackNames

Query the Names of the Current Internal Top-Level Task Callbacks
unlist

Flatten Lists
unlink

Delete Files and Directories
Vectorize

Vectorize a Scalar Function
R.Version

Version Information
ns-dblcolon

Double Colon and Triple Colon Operators
pos.to.env

Convert Positions in the Search Path to Environments
Paren

Parentheses and Braces
parse

Parse Expressions
prop.table

Express Table Entries as Fraction of Marginal Table
pretty

Pretty Breakpoints
prod

Product of Vector Elements
Random

Random Number Generation
range

Range of Values
table

Cross Tabulation and Table Creation
tabulate

Tabulation for Vectors
warning

Warning Messages
tilde

Tilde Operator
timezones

Time Zones
writeLines

Write Lines to a Connection
warnings

Print Warning Messages
xtfrm

Auxiliary Function for Sorting and Ranking
Reserved

Reserved Words in R
rev

Reverse Elements
Rhome

Return the R Home Directory
seq

Sequence Generation
shQuote

Quote Strings for Use in OS Shells
seq.Date

Generate Regular Sequences of Dates
rle

Run Length Encoding
split

Divide into Groups and Reassemble
sign

Sign Function
sprintf

Use C-style String Formatting Commands
raw

Raw Vectors
rawConnection

Raw Connections
readRenviron

Set Environment Variables from a File
Round

Rounding of Numbers
remove

Remove Objects from a Specified Environment
Recall

Recursive Calling
sequence

Create A Vector of Sequences
seq.POSIXt

Generate Regular Sequences of Times
sink

Send R Output to a File
slice.index

Slice Indexes in an Array
Sys.setenv

Set or Unset Environment Variables
Sys.setFileTime

Set File Time
system2

Invoke a System Command
validUTF8

Check if a Character Vector is Validly Encoded
vector

Vectors
t

Matrix Transpose
which

Which indices are TRUE?
weekdays

Extract Parts of a POSIXt or Date Object
.Machine

Numerical Characteristics of the Machine
zapsmall

Rounding of Numbers
strtrim

Trim Character Strings to Specified Display Widths
structure

Attribute Specification
sweep

Sweep out Array Summaries
system.time

CPU Time Used
system.file

Find Names of R System Files
switch

Select One of a List of Alternatives
taskCallback

Add or Remove a Top-Level Task Callback
tapply

Apply a Function Over a Ragged Array
traceback

Get and Print Call Stacks
userhooks

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

Trace Copying of Objects
utf8Conversion

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

Return both a value and its visibility
unique

Extract Unique Elements
write

Write Data to a File
zutils

Miscellaneous Internal/Programming Utilities
is.unsorted

Test if an Object is Not Sorted
options

Options Settings
regex

Regular Expressions as used in R
strptime

Date-time Conversion Functions to and from Character
svd

Singular Value Decomposition of a Matrix
dimnames

Dimnames of an Object
getLoadedDLLs

Get DLLs Loaded in Current Session
NA

‘Not Available’ / Missing Values
rawConversion

Convert to or from Raw Vectors
shell.exec

Open a File or URL using Windows File Associations
shell

Invoke a System Command, using a Shell
Signals

Interrupting Execution of R