Miscellaneous Helper Functions for B. Bischl

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-- A --

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
asMatrixRows	Extracts a named element from a list of lists
asQuoted	Converts a string into a quoted expression

-- B --

Simple bin packing

-- C --

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 frequently)
convertColsToList	Convert rows (columns) of data.frame or matrix to lists
convertDataFrameCols	Converts columns in a data frame to characters, factors or numerics
convertDfCols	Deprecated function. Do not use!
convertInteger	Conversion for single integer
convertIntegers	Conversion for integer vector
convertListOfRowsToDataFrame	Convert a list of row-vector of equal structure to a data.frame
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 used in messages

-- D --

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

-- E --

ensureVector	Blow up single scalars / objects to vectors / list by replication
explode	Split up a string into substrings
extractSubList	Extracts a named element from a list of lists

-- F --

Filter a list for NULL values

-- G --

getAttributeNames	Helper function for determining the vector of attribute names of a given object
getBestIndex	Return index of maximal/minimal/best element in numerical vector
getClass1	Wrapper for 'class(x)[1]'
getFirst	Get the first/last element of a list/vector
getLast	Get the first/last element of a list/vector
getMaxIndex	Return index of maximal/minimal/best element in numerical vector
getMaxIndexOfCols	Find row- or columnwise the index of the maximal / minimal element in a matrix
getMaxIndexOfRows	Find row- or columnwise the index of the maximal / minimal element in a matrix
getMinIndex	Return index of maximal/minimal/best element in numerical vector
getMinIndexOfCols	Find row- or columnwise the index of the maximal / minimal element in a matrix
getMinIndexOfRows	Find row- or columnwise the index of the maximal / minimal element in a matrix
getOperatingSystem	Functions to determine the operating system
getRelativePath	Construct a path relative to another
getUnixTime	Current time in seconds
getUsedFactorLevels	Determines used factor levels

-- H --

Check if given object has certain attributes

-- I --

insert	Insert elements from one list/vector into another list/vector
is.error	Is return value of try an exception?
isDarwin	Functions to determine the operating system
isDirectory	Is one / are several files a directory?
isEmptyDirectory	Is one / are several directories empty?
isExpensiveExampleOk	Conditional checking for expensive examples
isFALSE	A wrapper for 'identical(x, FALSE)'
isLinux	Functions to determine the operating system
isProperlyNamed	Are all elements of a list / vector uniquely named?
isScalarCharacter	Is given argument an atomic vector or factor of length 1?
isScalarComplex	Is given argument an atomic vector or factor of length 1?
isScalarFactor	Is given argument an atomic vector or factor of length 1?
isScalarInteger	Is given argument an atomic vector or factor of length 1?
isScalarLogical	Is given argument an atomic vector or factor of length 1?
isScalarNA	Checks whether an object is a scalar NA value
isScalarNumeric	Is given argument an atomic vector or factor of length 1?
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
isUnix	Functions to determine the operating system
isValidName	Can some strings be used for column or list element names without problems?
isWindows	Functions to determine the operating system
itostr	Convert Integers to Strings

-- L --

lib	A wrapper for 'library'
listToShortString	Deprecated function. Do not use!
load2	Load RData file and return objects in it
lsort	A wrapper for 'sort' to sort using the "C" collating rules

-- M --

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

-- N --

namedList	Create named list, possibly initialized with a certain element
names2	Replacement for names which always returns a vector
normalize	Normalizes numeric data to a given scale

-- O --

Naive multi-start version of 'optimize' for global optimization

-- P --

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
ProgressBar	Create a progress bar with estimated time

-- R --

rangeVal	Calculate range statistic
requirePackages	Require some packages
rowLapply	Apply function to rows of a data frame
rowSapply	Apply function to rows of a data frame

-- S --

save2	Save multiple objects to a file
seq_col	Generate sequences along rows or cols
seq_row	Generate sequences along rows or cols
setAttribute	A wrapper for 'attr(x, which) = y'
setClasses	A wrapper for 'class(x) = classes'
setColNames	Wrapper for 'rownames(x) = y', 'colnames(x) = y'
setRowNames	Wrapper for 'rownames(x) = y', 'colnames(x) = y'
setValue	Set a list element to a new value
SimpleFileLogger	Simple logger which outputs to a file
sortByCol	Sort the rows of a data.frame according to one or more columns
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 errorhandling

-- T --

Convert a numerical vector into a range string

-- V --

vcapply	Apply a function with a predefined return value
viapply	Apply a function with a predefined return value
vlapply	Apply a function with a predefined return value
vnapply	Apply a function with a predefined return value

-- W --

warningf	Wrapper for warning and sprintf
which.first	Find the index of first/last 'TRUE' value in a logical vector
which.last	Find the index of first/last 'TRUE' value in a logical vector

-- misc --

%btwn%	Check if some values are covered by the range of the values in a second vector
%nin%	Simply a negated 'in' operator