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utils (version 3.4.0)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.4.0

License

Part of R 3.4.0

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.4.0)

Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
file_test

help

Documentation
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
maintainer

SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
adist

Approximate String Distances
aspell

Spell Check Interface
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
close.socket

Close a Socket
combn

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

Demonstrations of R Functionality
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
cite

installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
isS3method

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
download.file

Download File from the Internet
flush.console

Flush Output to A Console
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
hasName

Check for name
head

mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
removeSource

RHOME

R Home Directory
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
packageName

packageStatus

Package Management Tools
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
select.list

Select Items from a List
nsl

Look up the IP Address by Hostname
untar

url.show

Display a text URL
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package
winMenus

User Menus under Windows
winProgressBar

Progress Bars under Windows
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
create.post

unzip

update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a function acts as an S3 generic
localeToCharset

package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
packageDescription

Package Description
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
tar

vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
DLL.version

DLL Version Information
winextras

Get Windows Version
write.table

Data Output
roman

Roman Numerals
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
LINK

Create Executable Programs
memory.size

Report on Memory Allocation
utils-package

readRegistry

Read a Windows Registy Hive
setWindowTitle

Set or get the Window Title, or Set the Statusbar
Rwin configuration

R for Windows Configuration
arrangeWindows

clipboard

Read/Write to/from the Windows Clipboard
getWindowsHandle

Get a Windows Handle
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
alarm

Alert the User
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
changedFiles

chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
debugcall

Debug a Call
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
getParseData

getS3method

Get an S3 Method
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
RSiteSearch

RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
process.events

prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
recover

Browsing after an Error
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
strcapture

aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
data

Data Sets
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
type.convert

Type Conversion on Character Variables
COMPILE

Compile Files for Use with R
shortPathName

Express File Paths in Short Form
findLineNum

fix

Fix an Object
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
globalVariables

help.search

Search the Help System
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
menu

Menu Interaction Function
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
winDialog

Dialog Boxes under Windows
person

Persons
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
read.table

Data Input
sourceutils

stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
choose.dir

Choose a Folder Interactively
choose.files

Choose a List of Files Interactively
getWindowsHandles

zip