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help.search.web: Search web documents about R and R functions

Description

Retrieve web documents, messages in R mailing lists, or wiki containing string.

Usage

help.search.web(apropos, type = c("google", "archive", "wiki"))

Arguments

apropos
The string to search
type
The search engine, or location to use

Value

  • Returns TRUE invisibly (invoked for its side effect of opening the web browser with the search result)

See Also

help.search

Examples

Run this code
help.search.web("volatility") # Google by default, may soon show Dr. Harrell's example
        help.search.web("volatility", type = "archive")  # In mailing list archive
        help.search.web("search", type = "wiki")

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