[R] finding a contributed function

[S.McClatchie]

Colleagues

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System info:
R version rw1020 on NT
ESS using emacs ver. 20.4

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I want to find a contributed function in packages that I do not already 
have installed (if it were installed I would use  library(help=MASS) for 
example). 

Is there a way to search all contributed packages for a particular 
function? (other than paging into the read.me files on 
<http://www.cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/windows-NT/windows-
NT/contrib/?N=A>
or going through each packages index of contents on
<http://www.cran.r-project.org/>)

Help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Sam

Sam McClatchie, Research scientist (fisheries acoustics))))))))))
NIWA (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd)
PO Box 14 901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand
s.mcclatchie at niwa.cri.nz 

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