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utils (version 3.5.0)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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Version

Version

3.5.0

License

Part of R 3.5.0

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.5.0)

RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
changedFiles

Detect which Files Have Changed
combn

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

Remove Add-on Packages
download.file

Download File from the Internet
RHOME

R Home Directory
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
adist

Approximate String Distances
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
getParseData

Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
getFromNamespace

Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
aspell

Spell Check Interface
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
isS3method

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

Browse Objects in Environment
askYesNo

Ask a Yes/No Question
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
cite

Cite a Bibliography Entry
close.socket

Close a Socket
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
debugcall

Debug a Call
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
hasName

Check for Name
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
fix

Fix an Object
alarm

Alert the User
flush.console

Flush Output to a Console
findLineNum

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

Shell-style Tests on Files
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
help

Documentation
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
select.list

Select Items from a List
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
data

Data Sets
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
menu

Menu Interaction Function
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
help.search

Search the Help System
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function
read.table

Data Input
recover

Browsing after an Error
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
url.show

Display a Text URL
roman

Roman Numerals
packageDescription

Package Description
utils-package

The R Utils Package
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
packageName

Find Package Associated with an Environment
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
tar

Create a Tar Archive
strcapture

Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
zip

Create Zip Archives
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
process.events

Trigger Event Handling
person

Persons
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
type.convert

Convert Data to Appropriate Type
warnErrList

Collect and Summarize Errors From List
write.table

Data Output
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading