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On 18 Sep 2006 at 17:55, Lynda wrote: Date sent: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:55:02 -0400 From: Lynda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] R questions > I have a few questions for R: > > 1. Other than using a built-in function such as mean(), how do I know > if it is installed in my current version of R? see the difference between installed packages (e.g. those you have in your library directory and packages attached by library command. > ?interp No documentation for 'interp' in specified packages and libraries: you could try 'help.search("interp")' > library(akima) > ?interp Help for 'interp' is shown in the browser > > > 2. To get help in R, I can use several ways: > ?sort > help.search("sort") > help(sort) > apropos("sort") > the help menu > > are there any other ways to get help? It is not enough for you? > > 3. When I see a help menu for a function, does it mean the function is > installed? See above > > 4. If I execute a program file that contains output files that doesn't > have a path specified, which path is it going to output to? Is it the > Current Working Directory that the output file is going to output? if > I change the working directory by using setwd(), is that going to > change where the output file path permanently until I specify it > again? AFAIK Yes. HTH Petr > > Thanks a lot! > Lynda > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. Petr Pikal [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.