[R] Reading help functions

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 22/07/2020 1:20 p.m., Pedro páramo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying all time to use ?? help function but most of the time it cost
> me a lot to understand what they are saying, explaining, there is some
> manual to step by step how to interpret help guides in R.
> 
> I hope you can understand me because of my english its not the best also.
> 

The manuals that come with R give more of an overview than the 
individual help pages.  "An Introduction to R" is the basic 
introduction.  You should read that first, then go to the help pages 
when you need detailed technical information about a particular function.

To see the manuals, run help.start() and click on one of the links near 
the top of the page.

If your problems are with help pages from contributed packages, then you 
should look for vignettes in the package.  Not all packages have them, 
but it's a sign of a lack of interest in documentation if they don't: 
and I'd recommend avoiding such packages.

To see the vignettes for "somepackage", run

  browseVignettes(package = "somepackage")

Duncan Murdoch