Package index • BBmisc

All functions

addClasses(): A wrapper to add to the class attribute
argsAsNamedList(): Parses ... arguments to a named list
asMatrixCols() asMatrixRows(): Extracts a named element from a list of lists
asQuoted(): Converts a string into a quoted expression
binPack(): Simple bin packing
`%btwn%`: Check if some values are covered by the range of the values in a second vector
cFactor(): Combine multiple factors and return a factor
capitalizeStrings(): Capitalize strings in a vector
catf(): Wrapper for cat and sprintf
checkArg(): Check for a function argument
checkListElementClass(): Check that a list contains only elements of a required type
chunk(): Chunk elements of vectors into blocks of nearly equal size
clipString(): Shortens strings to a given length
coalesce(): Returns first non-missing, non-null argument
collapse(): Collapse vector to string
collapsef(): Collapse vector to string
computeMode(): Compute statistical mode of a vector (value that occurs most frequently)
convertDataFrameCols(): Converts columns in a data frame to characters, factors or numerics
convertInteger(): Conversion for single integer
convertIntegers(): Conversion for integer vector
convertListOfRowsToDataFrame(): Convert a list of row-vector of equal structure to a data.frame
convertMatrixType(): Converts storage type of a matrix
convertRowsToList() convertColsToList(): Convert rows (columns) of data.frame or matrix to lists
convertToShortString(): Converts any R object to a descriptive string so it can be used in messages
dapply(): Call lapply on an object and return a data.frame
convertDfCols() listToShortString(): Deprecated function. Do not use!
do.call2(): Execute a function call similar to do.call
dropNamed(): Drop named elements of an object
ensureVector(): Blow up single scalars / objects to vectors / list by replication
explode(): Split up a string into substrings
extractSubList(): Extracts a named element from a list of lists
filterNull(): Filter a list for NULL values
getAttributeNames(): Helper function for determining the vector of attribute names of a given object
getClass1(): Wrapper for class(x)[1]
getFirst() getLast(): Get the first/last element of a list/vector
getMaxIndex() getMinIndex() getBestIndex(): Return index of maximal/minimal/best element in numerical vector
getMaxIndexOfRows() getMinIndexOfRows() getMaxIndexOfCols() getMinIndexOfCols(): Find row- or columnwise the index of the maximal / minimal element in a matrix
getOperatingSystem() isWindows() isUnix() isLinux() isDarwin(): Functions to determine the operating system
getRelativePath(): Construct a path relative to another
getUnixTime(): Current time in seconds
getUsedFactorLevels(): Determines used factor levels
hasAttributes(): Check if given object has certain attributes
insert(): Insert elements from one list/vector into another list/vector
is.error(): Is return value of try an exception?
isDirectory(): Is one / are several files a directory?
isEmptyDirectory(): Is one / are several directories empty?
isExpensiveExampleOk(): Conditional checking for expensive examples
isFALSE(): A wrapper for identical(x, FALSE)
isProperlyNamed(): Are all elements of a list / vector uniquely named?
isScalarNA(): Checks whether an object is a scalar NA value
isScalarValue() isScalarLogical() isScalarNumeric() isScalarInteger() isScalarComplex() isScalarCharacter() isScalarFactor(): Is given argument an atomic vector or factor of length 1?
isSubset(): Check subset relation on two vectors
isSuperset(): Check superset relation on two vectors
isValidName(): Can some strings be used for column or list element names without problems?
itostr(): Convert Integers to Strings
lib(): A wrapper for library
load2(): Load RData file and return objects in it
lsort(): A wrapper for sort to sort using the “C” collating rules
makeDataFrame(): Initialize data.frame in a convenient way
makeFileCache(): A caching wrapper around load2
makeProgressBar(): Create a progress bar with estimated time
makeS3Obj(): Simple constructor for S3 objects based on lists
makeSimpleFileLogger(): Simple logger which outputs to a file
mapValues(): Replace values in atomic vectors
messagef(): Wrapper for message and sprintf
namedList(): Create named list, possibly initialized with a certain element
names2(): Replacement for names which always returns a vector
`%nin%`: Simply a negated in operator
normalize(): Normalizes numeric data to a given scale
optimizeSubInts(): Naive multi-start version of optimize for global optimization
pause(): Pause in interactive mode and continue on <Enter>.
printHead(): More meaningful head(df) output
printStrToChar(): Print str(x) of an object to a string / character vector
printToChar(): Prints object to a string / character vector
rangeVal(): Calculate range statistic
requirePackages(): Require some packages
rowLapply() rowSapply(): Apply function to rows of a data frame
save2(): Save multiple objects to a file
seq_row() seq_col(): Generate sequences along rows or cols
setAttribute(): A wrapper for attr(x, which) = y
setClasses(): A wrapper for class(x) = classes
setRowNames() setColNames(): Wrapper for rownames(x) = y, colnames(x) = y
setValue(): Set a list element to a new value
sortByCol(): Sort the rows of a data.frame according to one or more columns
splitPath(): Split a path into components
splitTime(): Split seconds into handy chunks of time
stopf(): Wrapper for stop and sprintf
strrepeat(): Repeat and join a string
suppressAll(): Suppresses all output except for errors
symdiff(): Calculates symmetric set difference between two sets
system3(): Wrapper for system2 with better return type and errorhandling
toRangeStr(): Convert a numerical vector into a range string
vlapply() viapply() vnapply() vcapply(): Apply a function with a predefined return value
warningf(): Wrapper for warning and sprintf
which.first() which.last(): Find the index of first/last TRUE value in a logical vector