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utils (version 3.6.1)
The R Utils Package
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R utility functions.
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RShowDoc
Show R Manuals and Other Documentation
PkgUtils
Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages
COMPILE
Compile Files for Use with R on Unix-alikes
INSTALL
Install Add-on Packages
LINK
Create Executable Programs on Unix-alikes
BATCH
Batch Execution of R
RHOME
R Home Directory
DLL.version
DLL Version Information on MS Windows
Question
Documentation Shortcuts
REMOVE
Remove Add-on Packages
Sweave
Automatic Generation of Reports
Rprofmem
Enable Profiling of R's Memory Use
Rprof
Enable Profiling of R's Execution
SweaveSyntConv
Convert Sweave Syntax
RweaveLatex
R/LaTeX Driver for Sweave
SHLIB
Build Shared Object/DLL for Dynamic Loading
aregexec
Approximate String Match Positions
arrangeWindows
Rearrange Windows on MS Windows
aspell-utils
Spell Check Utilities
askYesNo
Ask a Yes/No Question
alarm
Alert the User
Rscript
Scripting Front-End for R
Rtangle
R Driver for Stangle
apropos
Find Objects by (Partial) Name
Rwin configuration
R for Windows Configuration
RSiteSearch
Search for Key Words or Phrases in Documentation
View
Invoke a Data Viewer
adist
Approximate String Distances
URLencode
Encode or Decode a (partial) URL
SweaveUtils
Sweave Driver Utilities
browseURL
Load URL into an HTML Browser
capture.output
Send Output to a Character String or File
bug.report
Send a Bug Report
aspell
Spell Check Interface
available.packages
List Available Packages at CRAN-like Repositories
browseEnv
Browse Objects in Environment
bibentry
Bibliography Entries
browseVignettes
List Vignettes in an HTML Browser
cite
Cite a Bibliography Entry
citation
Citing R and R Packages in Publications
choose.files
Choose a List of Files Interactively on MS Windows
chooseBioCmirror
Select a Bioconductor Mirror
compareVersion
Compare Two Package Version Numbers
combn
Generate All Combinations of n Elements, Taken m at a Time
chooseCRANmirror
Select a CRAN Mirror
choose.dir
Choose a Folder Interactively on MS Windows
changedFiles
Detect which Files Have Changed
citEntry
Bibliography Entries (Older Interface)
clipboard
Read/Write to/from the Clipboard in MS Windows
close.socket
Close a Socket
contrib.url
Find Appropriate Paths in CRAN-like Repositories
debugger
Post-Mortem Debugging
dataentry
Spreadsheet Interface for Entering Data
debugcall
Debug a Call
count.fields
Count the Number of Fields per Line
edit.data.frame
Edit Data Frames and Matrices
data
Data Sets
edit
Invoke a Text Editor
create.post
Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings
fix
Fix an Object
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
example
Run an Examples Section from the Online Help
download.file
Download File from the Internet
download.packages
Download Packages from CRAN-like Repositories
hasName
Check for Name
globalVariables
Declarations Used in Checking a Package
file.edit
Edit One or More Files
head
Return the First or Last Part of an Object
help
Documentation
getParseData
Get Detailed Parse Information from Object
getFromNamespace
Utility Functions for Developing Namespaces
demo
Demonstrations of R Functionality
getAnywhere
Retrieve an R Object, Including from a Namespace
format
Format Unordered and Ordered Lists
getS3method
Get an S3 Method
help.start
Hypertext Documentation
getWindowsHandle
Get a Windows Handle
isS3method
Is 'method' the Name of an S3 Method?
isS3stdGeneric
Check if a Function Acts as an S3 Generic
installed.packages
Find Installed Packages
install.packages
Install Packages from Repositories or Local Files
hsearch-utils
Help Search Utilities
modifyList
Recursively Modify Elements of a List
mirrorAdmin
Managing Repository Mirrors
menu
Menu Interaction Function
methods
List Methods for S3 Generic Functions or Classes
help.search
Search the Help System
help.request
Send a Post to R-help
make.packages.html
Update HTML Package List
maintainer
Show Package Maintainer
localeToCharset
Select a Suitable Encoding Name from a Locale Name
getWindowsHandles
Get handles of Windows in the MS Windows RGui
ls.str
List Objects and their Structure
glob2rx
Change Wildcard or Globbing Pattern into Regular Expression
make.socket
Create a Socket Connection
news
Build and Query R or Package News Information
packageStatus
Package Management Tools
page
Invoke a Pager on an R Object
process.events
Trigger Event Handling
person
Persons
memory.size
Report on Memory Allocation (on Windows)
promptData
Generate Outline Documentation for a Data Set
prompt
Produce Prototype of an R Documentation File
package.skeleton
Create a Skeleton for a New Source Package
object.size
Report the Space Allocated for an Object
nsl
Look up the IP Address by Hostname (on Unix-alikes)
packageName
Find Package Associated with an Environment
packageDescription
Package Description
recover
Browsing after an Error
read.socket
Read from or Write to a Socket
read.fwf
Read Fixed Width Format Files
read.DIF
Data Input from Spreadsheet
promptPackage
Generate a Shell for Documentation of a Package
readRegistry
Read a Windows Registry Hive
read.table
Data Input
relist
Allow Re-Listing an unlist()ed Object
rcompgen
A Completion Generator for R
read.fortran
Read Fixed-Format Data in a Fortran-like Style
savehistory
Load or Save or Display the Commands History
rtags
An Etags-like Tagging Utility for R
remove.packages
Remove Installed Packages
roman
Roman Numerals
setWindowTitle
Set the Window Title or the Statusbar of the RGui in Windows
removeSource
Remove Stored Source from a Function or Language Object
sessionInfo
Collect Information About the Current R Session
shortPathName
Express File Paths in Short Form on Windows
select.list
Select Items from a List
setRepositories
Select Package Repositories
str
Compactly Display the Structure of an Arbitrary R Object
sourceutils
Source Reference Utilities
strcapture
Capture String Tokens into a data.frame
tar
Create a Tar Archive
summaryRprof
Summarise Output of R Sampling Profiler
toLatex
Converting R Objects to BibTeX or LaTeX
txtProgressBar
Text Progress Bar
stack
Stack or Unstack Vectors from a Data Frame or List
utils-deprecated
Deprecated Functions in Package
utils
utils-package
The R Utils Package
winMenus
User Menus under MS Windows (Rgui)
winDialog
Dialog Boxes under Windows
url.show
Display a Text URL
utils-defunct
Defunct Functions in Package
utils
vignette
View, List or Get R Source of Package Vignettes
warnErrList
Collect and Summarize Errors From List
winextras
Get Windows Version
winProgressBar
Progress Bars under MS Windows
write.table
Data Output
zip
Create Zip Archives
unzip
Extract or List Zip Archives
type.convert
Convert Data to Appropriate Type
update.packages
Compare Installed Packages with CRAN-like Repositories
untar
Extract or List Tar Archives