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fifer (version 1.1)

clear: Clear memory of all objects

Description

This function is a wrapper for the command rm(list=ls()). It's just less keystrokes.

Usage

clear(obj = NULL, keep = TRUE)

Arguments

obj
The object (as a string) that needs to be removed (or kept)
keep
Should obj be kept (i.e., everything but obj removed)? Or dropped?

Examples

Run this code
#NOTE: ONLY RUN THIS IF YOU DON'T MIND ERASING YOUR R SESSION
a = 5
ls()	### a shows up
clear()
ls()	### nothing shows up
### create objects
a=1; b=2; c=3; d=4; e=5
### remove c
clear("c", keep=FALSE)
ls()
### remove all but a and b
clear(c("a", "b"), keep=TRUE)
ls()

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