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utils (version 3.5.3)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.5.3

License

Part of R 3.5.3

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.5.3)

PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
adist

Approximate String Distances
askYesNo

Ask a Yes/No Question
browseVignettes

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
alarm

Alert the User
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
download.file

Download File from the Internet
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
getFromNamespace

Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
cite

Cite a Bibliography Entry
close.socket

Close a Socket
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
fix

Fix an Object
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
getParseData

Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
changedFiles

Detect which Files Have Changed
help.search

Search the Help System
RHOME

R Home Directory
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
file.edit

Edit One or More Files
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
aspell

Spell Check Interface
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
debugcall

Debug a Call
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
flush.console

Flush Output to a Console
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
packageStatus

Package Management Tools
hasName

Check for Name
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
data

Data Sets
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
isS3method

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

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
ls.str

List Objects and their Structure
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
combn

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

Package Description
packageName

Find Package Associated with an Environment
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
menu

Menu Interaction Function
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
findLineNum

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

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
select.list

Select Items from a List
roman

Roman Numerals
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
read.fortran

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

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
help

Documentation
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
read.table

Data Input
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
recover

Browsing after an Error
strcapture

Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
url.show

Display a Text URL
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
warnErrList

Collect and Summarize Errors From List
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
write.table

Data Output
tar

Create a Tar Archive
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
person

Persons
process.events

Trigger Event Handling
type.convert

Convert Data to Appropriate Type
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
utils-package

The R Utils Package
vignette

View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
zip

Create Zip Archives
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions