Hi All: Can anyone give me a hint about how to find functions built in in R. based on the articule below it should be something called DIYhelp but I can't find it. Thanks Part of the Kickstarting R package is a little text searching facility called DIYHelp. The program is based upon a simple, brute-force search of the directory tree from the point that you specify. The concept is that you often know approximately where the information you want to know is, but not exactly which file. By unpacking the diyhelp.tar.gz file in a suitable place (often /usr/local) and following the instructions in the INSTALL file, you can see if the program helps you to find functions in R. Felipe D. Carrillo Fishery Biologist Department of the Interior US Fish & Wildlife Service California, USA
On 21/05/2008, at 8:21 AM, Felipe Carrillo wrote:> Hi All: > Can anyone give me a hint about how to find functions > built in in R. based on the articule below it should > be something called DIYhelp but I can't find it. > Thanks > > Part of the Kickstarting R package is a little text > searching facility called DIYHelp. The program is > based upon a simple, brute-force search of the > directory tree from the point that you specify. The > concept is that you often know approximately where the > information you want to know is, but not exactly which > file. > > By unpacking the diyhelp.tar.gz file in a suitable > place (often /usr/local) and following the > instructions in the INSTALL file, you can see if the > program helps you to find functions in R.See http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp01/archive/13146.html cheers, Rolf Turner ###################################################################### Attention:\ This e-mail message is privileged and confid...{{dropped:9}}
Thank you all for your help, it looks like
www.rseek.org its a good place to look for help.
Hi Felipe,
It's a private message, so I hope you don't mind.
Regarding your question, personally I think that
apropos("what you want here"), i.e, apropos("lm") is
very useful. I use www.rseek.org from myy browser and
both RSiteSearch("what you want here") and Help+"Html
help" (in the tools bar) from the console.
Felipe D. Carrillo
Fishery Biologist
Department of the Interior
US Fish & Wildlife Service
California, USA