Man pages for BBmisc
Miscellaneous Helper Functions for B. Bischl
| addClasses | A wrapper to add to the class attribute. |
| argsAsNamedList | Parses '...' arguments to a named list. |
| asMatrixCols | 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... |
| capitalizeStrings | Capitalize strings in a vector |
| catf | Wrapper for cat and sprintf. |
| cFactor | Combine multiple factors and return a factor. |
| 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... |
| convertDataFrameCols | Converts columns in a data frame to characters, factors or... |
| convertInteger | Conversion for single integer. |
| convertIntegers | Conversion for integer vector. |
| convertListOfRowsToDataFrame | Convert a list of row-vector of equal structure to a... |
| convertMatrixType | Converts storage type of a matrix. |
| convertRowsToList | Convert rows (columns) of data.frame or matrix to lists. |
| convertToShortString | Converts any R object to a descriptive string so it can be... |
| dapply | Call 'lapply' on an object and return a data.frame. |
| deprecated | 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... |
| 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... |
| getClass1 | Wrapper for 'class(x)[1]'. |
| getFirst | Get the first/last element of a list/vector. |
| getMaxIndex | Return index of maximal/minimal/best element in numerical... |
| getMaxIndexOfRows | Find row- or columnwise the index of the maximal / minimal... |
| getOperatingSystem | 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... |
| isDirectory | Is one / are several files a directory? |
| isEmptyDirectory | Is one / are several directories empty? |
| is.error | Is return value of try an exception? |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 | Apply function to rows of a data frame. |
| save2 | Save multiple objects to a file. |
| seq_row | Generate sequences along rows or cols. |
| setAttribute | A wrapper for 'attr(x, which) = y'. |
| setClasses | A wrapper for 'class(x) = classes'. |
| setRowNames | 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... |
| 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... |
| toRangeStr | Convert a numerical vector into a range string. |
| vlapply | Apply a function with a predefined return value |
| warningf | Wrapper for warning and sprintf. |
| which.first | Find the index of first/last 'TRUE' value in a logical... |
