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utils (version 3.6.0)

The R Utils Package

Description

R utility functions.

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3.6.0

License

Part of R 3.6.0

Maintainer

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

Last Published

December 12th, 2019

Functions in utils (3.6.0)

RHOME

R Home Directory
Rscript

Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle

R Driver for Stangle
alarm

Alert the User
apropos

Find Objects by (Partial) Name
DLL.version

DLL Version Information on MS Windows
INSTALL

Install Add-on Packages
Rprof

Enable Profiling of R's Execution
Rprofmem

Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
View

Invoke a Data Viewer
adist

Approximate String Distances
citation

Citing R and R Packages in Publications
BATCH

Batch Execution of R
aspell

Spell Check Interface
cite

Cite a Bibliography Entry
available.packages

List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
COMPILE

Compile Files for Use with R on Unix-alikes
RweaveLatex

R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
LINK

Create Executable Programs on Unix-alikes
SHLIB

Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
choose.files

Choose a List of Files Interactively on MS Windows
PkgUtils

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
aregexec

Approximate String Match Positions
chooseBioCmirror

Select a Bioconductor Mirror
contrib.url

Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
count.fields

Count the Number of Fields per Line
RSiteSearch

Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
Rwin configuration

R for Windows Configuration
edit

Invoke a Text Editor
Question

Documentation Shortcuts
edit.data.frame

Edit Data Frames and Matrices
arrangeWindows

Rearrange Windows on MS Windows
askYesNo

Ask a Yes/No Question
aspell-utils

Spell Check Utilities
REMOVE

Remove Add-on Packages
Sweave

Automatic Generation of Reports
SweaveSyntConv

Convert Sweave Syntax
head

Return the First or Last Part of an Object
SweaveUtils

Sweave Driver Utilities
help

Documentation
browseEnv

Browse Objects in Environment
bibentry

Bibliography Entries
debugger

Post-Mortem Debugging
demo

Demonstrations of R Functionality
URLencode

Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
bug.report

Send a Bug Report
capture.output

Send Output to a Character String or File
clipboard

Read/Write to/from the Clipboard in MS Windows
close.socket

Close a Socket
browseURL

Load URL into an HTML Browser
file_test

Shell-style Tests on Files
format

Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
getAnywhere

Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
findLineNum

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

List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
changedFiles

Detect which Files Have Changed
localeToCharset

Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
choose.dir

Choose a Folder Interactively on MS Windows
chooseCRANmirror

Select a CRAN Mirror
create.post

Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
getWindowsHandles

Get handles of Windows in the MS Windows RGui
combn

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

List Objects and their Structure
data

Data Sets
getFromNamespace

Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
mirrorAdmin

Managing Repository Mirrors
glob2rx

Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
compareVersion

Compare Two Package Version Numbers
getParseData

Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
citEntry

Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
modifyList

Recursively Modify Elements of a List
person

Persons
process.events

Trigger Event Handling
help.start

Hypertext Documentation
hsearch-utils

Help Search Utilities
prompt

Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
remove.packages

Remove Installed Packages
example

Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
removeSource

Remove Stored Source from a Function or Language Object
vignette

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

Edit One or More Files
dataentry

Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
debugcall

Debug a Call
promptData

Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
help.request

Send a Post to R-help
download.file

Download File from the Internet
promptPackage

Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
rcompgen

A Completion Generator for R
download.packages

Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
menu

Menu Interaction Function
sessionInfo

Collect Information About the Current R Session
setRepositories

Select Package Repositories
methods

List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
read.table

Data Input
sourceutils

Source Reference Utilities
help.search

Search the Help System
warnErrList

Collect and Summarize Errors From List
readRegistry

Read a Windows Registry Hive
stack

Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
make.socket

Create a Socket Connection
unzip

Extract or List Zip Archives
savehistory

Load or Save or Display the Commands History
memory.size

Report on Memory Allocation (on Windows)
select.list

Select Items from a List
update.packages

Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
type.convert

Convert Data to Appropriate Type
fix

Fix an Object
globalVariables

Declarations Used in Checking a Package
packageDescription

Package Description
packageName

Find Package Associated with an Environment
read.DIF

Data Input from Spreadsheet
untar

Extract or List Tar Archives
flush.console

Flush Output to a Console
read.fortran

Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
utils-deprecated

Deprecated Functions in Package utils
setWindowTitle

Set the Window Title or the Statusbar of the RGui in Windows
getS3method

Get an S3 Method
getWindowsHandle

Get a Windows Handle
shortPathName

Express File Paths in Short Form on Windows
str

Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
utils-package

The R Utils Package
winProgressBar

Progress Bars under MS Windows
hasName

Check for Name
install.packages

Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
strcapture

Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
winextras

Get Windows Version
installed.packages

Find Installed Packages
winDialog

Dialog Boxes under Windows
winMenus

User Menus under MS Windows (Rgui)
news

Build and Query R or Package News Information
nsl

Look up the IP Address by Hostname (on Unix-alikes)
isS3method

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

Package Management Tools
isS3stdGeneric

Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
maintainer

Show Package Maintainer
make.packages.html

Update HTML Package List
write.table

Data Output
page

Invoke a Pager on an R Object
zip

Create Zip Archives
object.size

Report the Space Allocated for an Object
read.fwf

Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.socket

Read from or Write to a Socket
summaryRprof

Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
tar

Create a Tar Archive
url.show

Display a Text URL
package.skeleton

Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
recover

Browsing after an Error
utils-defunct

Defunct Functions in Package utils
relist

Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
roman

Roman Numerals
rtags

An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
toLatex

Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
txtProgressBar

Text Progress Bar
RShowDoc

Show R Manuals and Other Documentation