[R] Using ? for object summaries
Tom Smith
mcmt84 at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 27 13:59:31 CET 2003
This short script makes ?name give help on "name" and
provides a summary of the variable "name"
[specifically, str("name") and summary ("name")]. I
add this to my .Rprofile to save my fingers some
typing.
"?" <- function(name) {
try(str(name))
options(show.error.messages = FALSE)
try(print(summary(name)))
try(do.call("help",list(deparse(substitute(name)))))
options(show.error.messages = TRUE)
}
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