> >>> Gabor Csardi <csardi <at> rmki.kfki.hu> 11/21/07 9:31 AM >>> > http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES.html > Isn't this good enough? You might also take a look at > http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Views/ > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:24:14AM -0500, John Sorkin wrote: > > Over the course of the years that I have used R and participated in > > this list server, I have noted a large number of questions and > > answers that direct people to specific packages. The multitude of > > packages is one of the great strengths of R. Unfortunately there is > > no (or at least I am not aware of) any single source that lists all > > available packages and gives a synopsis of what each package > > does. One can install and load packages one-by-one and look at the > > help pages to see what each package does, but this is at best an > > inefficient and a worst a very frustrating task. Might there be a > > way to put together a searchable database that will allow a user to > > easily search for a given function or technique in all contributed > > packages?
> > John Then what about http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/doc/html/packages.html which allows you to go in a little deeper and see the help pages of each function and http://cged.genes.nig.ac.jp/RGM2/index.php HTH ken -- Ken Knoblauch Inserm U846 Institut Cellule Souche et Cerveau Département Neurosciences Intégratives 18 avenue du Doyen Lépine 69500 Bron France tel: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 77 fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61 portable: +33 (0)6 84 10 64 10 http://www.lyon.inserm.fr/846/english.html ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.