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utils (version 3.3.2)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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Version

3.3.2

License

Part of R 3.3.2

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.3.2)

aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
alarm

Alert the User
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
adist

Approximate String Distances
aspell

Spell Check Interface
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
close.socket

Close a Socket
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
changedFiles

capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
cite

demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
data

Data Sets
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
combn

Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
download.file

Download File from the Internet
create.post

edit

Invoke a Text Editor
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
file_test

file.edit

Edit One or More Files
findLineNum

fix

Fix an Object
flush.console

Flush Output to A Console
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
getParseData

getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
head

getS3method

Get an S3 Method
globalVariables

help

Documentation
getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
help.search

Search the Help System
maintainer

ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
localeToCharset

help.start

Hypertext Documentation
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
menu

Menu Interaction Function
packageDescription

Package Description
packageName

promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
process.events

read.table

Data Input
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
recover

Browsing after an Error
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
url.show

Display a text URL
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
person

Persons
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
utils-package

PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
select.list

Select Items from a List
unzip

utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
roman

Roman Numerals
RHOME

R Home Directory
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
removeSource

rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
RSiteSearch

sourceutils

type.convert

Type Conversion on Character Variables
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
untar

Question

Documentation Shortcuts
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
read.fortran

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

Automatic Generation of Reports
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
zip

tar

vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
write.table

Data Output
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
COMPILE

Compile Files for Use with R
LINK

Create Executable Programs
memory.size

Report on Memory Allocation
DLL.version

DLL Version Information
clipboard

Read/Write to/from the Windows Clipboard
Rwin configuration

R for Windows Configuration
arrangeWindows

readRegistry

Read a Windows Registy Hive
setInternet2

setWindowTitle

Set or get the Window Title, or Set the Statusbar
shortPathName

Express File Paths in Short Form
getWindowsHandle

Get a Windows Handle
winDialog

Dialog Boxes under Windows
winMenus

User Menus under Windows
nsl

Look up the IP Address by Hostname
getWindowsHandles

choose.dir

Choose a Folder Interactively
choose.files

Choose a List of Files Interactively
winProgressBar

Progress Bars under Windows
winextras

Get Windows Version