"John Sorkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 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? <<<
Besides the excellent answers already given, don't overlook Google. Searching on "r statistics box-cox transform" turns up a reference to MASS as the third entry. When programming in any language, I now find it quicker to search for syntax (and other) help by Googling than to pull the reference manual off the shelf or start up an online help file. -- Mike Prager, NOAA, Beaufort, NC * Opinions expressed are personal and not represented otherwise. * Any use of tradenames does not constitute a NOAA endorsement. ______________________________________________ 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.
