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utils (version 3.3.1)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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Version

3.3.1

License

Part of R 3.3.1

Maintainer

R-core R-core@R-project.org

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.3.1)

aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
alarm

Alert the User
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
aspell

Spell Check Interface
adist

Approximate String Distances
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
close.socket

Close a Socket
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
changedFiles

Detect which files have changed
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
cite

Cite a bibliography entry.
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
data

Data Sets
download.file

Download File from the Internet
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
flush.console

Flush Output to A Console
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
findLineNum

Find the Location of a Line of Source Code, or Set a Breakpoint There.
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
help

Documentation
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
menu

Menu Interaction Function
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
packageDescription

Package Description
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
packageName

Find package associated with an environment.
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
person

Persons
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
process.events

Trigger event handling
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
combn

Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
help.search

Search the Help System
RHOME

R Home Directory
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function.
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
read.table

Data Input
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
zip

Create Zip archives
write.table

Data Output
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
utils-package

The R Utils Package
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
fix

Fix an Object
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
tar

Create a Tar Archive
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
recover

Browsing after an Error
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
select.list

Select Items from a List
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
url.show

Display a text URL
roman

Roman Numerals
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
type.convert

Type Conversion on Character Variables