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utils (version 3.4.1)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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Version

3.4.1

License

Part of R 3.4.1

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.4.1)

Batch Execution of R

Install Add-on Packages

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation

Remove Add-on Packages

R Home Directory

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages

Documentation Shortcuts

Enable Profiling of R's Execution

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use

Scripting Front-End for R

R Driver for Stangle

Invoke a Data Viewer

Approximate String Distances

Automatic Generation of Reports

Convert Sweave Syntax

Bibliography Entries

Browse Objects in Environment

Approximate String Match Positions

Spell Check Utilities

Detect which files have changed

chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror

Sweave Driver Utilities

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL

Load URL into an HTML Browser

browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser

Count the Number of Fields per Line

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings

download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories

Invoke a Text Editor

Send a Bug Report

Send Output to a Character String or File

Compare Two Package Version Numbers

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories

Flush Output to A Console

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression

globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package

Check if a function acts as an S3 generic

localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name

Send a Post to R-help

installed.packages

Find Installed Packages

Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?

Spell Check Interface

available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories

Citing R and R Packages in Publications

Cite a bibliography entry.

Find Objects by (Partial) Name

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

Menu Interaction Function

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes

Trigger event handling

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File

Demonstrations of R Functionality

Download File from the Internet

edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices

make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List

Create a Socket Connection

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style

Read Fixed Width Format Files

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler

Create a Tar Archive

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R

Collect Information About the Current R Session

setRepositories

Select Package Repositories

Create Executable Programs

Report on Memory Allocation

Rearrange windows in the R GUI.

Post-Mortem Debugging

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

Return the First or Last Part of an Object

Search the Help System

Hypertext Documentation

Rwin configuration

R for Windows Configuration

chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data

Express File Paths in Short Form

Dialog Boxes under Windows

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace

getFromNamespace

Utility functions for Developing Namespaces

List Objects and their Structure

Show Package Maintainer

package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package

packageDescription

Package Description

Look up the IP Address by Hostname

Extract or List Tar Archives

Display a text URL

Defunct Functions in Package utils

User Menus under Windows

Progress Bars under Windows

Build and Query R or Package News Information

Report the Space Allocated for an Object

A Completion Generator for R

Edit One or More Files

Shell-style Tests on Files

Get detailed parse information from object.

Get an S3 Method

Find package associated with an environment.

Package Management Tools

remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages

Data Input from Spreadsheet

Browsing after an Error

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object

Capture string tokens into a data.frame

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX

Text Progress Bar

Choose a Folder Interactively

Choose a List of Files Interactively

getWindowsHandles

Get handles of windows.

Create Zip archives

Help Search Utilities

install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files

Managing Repository Mirrors

Recursively Modify Elements of a List

Invoke a Pager on an R Object

Read from or Write to a Socket

Source Reference Utilities

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List

Type Conversion on Character Variables

Compile Files for Use with R

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes

DLL Version Information

Read/Write to/from the Windows Clipboard

getWindowsHandle

Get a Windows Handle

Remove Stored Source from a Function.

Load or Save or Display the Commands History

Select Items from a List

Extract or List Zip Archives

Get Windows Version

update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories

utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils

The R Utils Package

Read a Windows Registy Hive

Set or get the Window Title, or Set the Statusbar