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helpSearchWeb: Search web documents about R and R functions

Description

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

Usage

helpSearchWeb(apropos, type = c("google", "archive", "wiki"), browse = TRUE)

Arguments

apropos

The string to search

type

The search engine, or location to use

browse

Do we actually show the page in the Web browser?

Value

• Returns the URL used invisibly (invoked for its side effect of opening the web browser with the search result, when browse = TRUE)

See Also

RSiteSearch, help.search

Examples

helpSearchWeb("volatility")                    # Google search, by default
helpSearchWeb("volatility", type = "archive")  # In the mailing list archive
helpSearchWeb("median mean", type = "wiki")    # In the R Wiki