[R] Searching for packages

Mon Feb 28 21:43:51 CET 2022

	  There is also sos::findFn, discussed in a vignette included in that 
package.  When I created that package, I felt it was the fastest 
literature search for anything statistical:  It will identify all help 
pages that match a search string and sort them by package.  It creates 
an object so related searches can be combined by union or intersection. 
  And the print method by default creates two pages in your default 
browser, one listing the help pages and the second giving the package 
summary.


	  See also:


https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Searching_R_Packages


https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2018/RJ-2018-058/RJ-2018-058.pdf


	  sg


On 2/28/22 1:47 PM, Ebert,Timothy Aaron wrote:
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> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 5:44 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> Actually, I only found it at the second try. The RSiteSearch webpage
>> has a search bar, I've used it search binGroup* and found it on screen 3.
>>
>> Rui Barradas
>>
>> Às 13:32 de 28/02/2022, Ebert,Timothy Aaron escreveu:
>>> binGroup2 (version 1.02) was released 2020-04-07. There was one update on 2021-03-17 (according to available.versions("binGroup2").
>>> My last system update was (I assume) recent. My system is governed by my University. I get monthly updates, rarely more often. My version of R is 4.1.
>>> I tried Rui's suggestion (thank you) of searching using R. I read through the list several times but did not find binGroup2, though it is possible that it was there as binGroup.... and I need to open all the documents to find it.
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
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>>> When was binGroup2 released?
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>>> When is your last system update?
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>>> On 2/28/22 07:36, Ebert,Timothy Aaron wrote:
>>>> If I want help on a package I can usually go to google and type "package.name in r" and I get what I need in the first few hits. Google typically offers suggestions if my spelling is a bit off, and I get hits that are close. I searched for the binGroup package in the usual way and found that it is no longer supported. I asked the authors only to discover that there is a binGroup2 package.
>>>>
>>>> If I search for "tidyv in R" I get tidyverse.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea why I did not get binGroup2 in the binGroup search?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Tim
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