Help is used to access documentation and search for help in R.Help in R support in getting R commands.
For example:To take help in paste, type
help(paste)
The help() function to access information about a package in your library,
help(package=”MASS”)
To access documentation for the standard lm (linear model) function,
help(lm)
To obtain documentation for the rlm() (robust linear model) function in the MASS package,
help(rlm, package=”MASS”).
| help.start() | General help |
| help(foo) | Help about function foo |
| ?foo | Same thing |
| apropos(“foo”) | List all functions containing string foo |
| example(foo) | Show an example of function foo |
| browseVignettes() | Opens a list of vignettes from all of your installed packages in your browser |
| browseVignettes(package=package-name) | Opens specific package name |
| help.search() | Scan the documentation for packages installed in library |