[R] Finding functions in uninstalled libraries

[Jonathan Baron]

>From: "Dr Stuart Leask" <stuart.leask at nottingham.ac.uk>
>
>(Many thanks to David Barron & Jonathan Baron for pointing me to 'recode' in
>the 'car' package).
>
>I think I've been told this before, but how do I search for a
>function/keyword in libraries I don't yet have installed?
>
>(ie. on the CRAN site I tried the search engines with "recode" etc., but
>didn't pick up the car package this way)

http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu
allows you to search all functions from CRAN.

This URL is listed under "Search" in the main R page.

The ability to search functions is, I think, the main advantage
of this site over using Google.  To make it work, I simply
installed all the packages.

Jon Baron
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