helpSearchWeb {svMisc}R Documentation

Search web documents about R and R functions

Description

Retrieve web documents, messages in R mailing lists, or wiki containing apropos string.

Usage

helpSearchWeb(apropos, type = c("google", "archive", "wiki"), browse = TRUE)

Arguments

apropos The string to search
type The search engine, or location to use
browse Do we actually show the page in the Web browser?

Value

Returns the URL used invisibly (invoked for its side effect of opening the web browser with the search result, when browse = TRUE)

Note

The RSiteSearch function in the 'utils' package is much more complete but it does not search specific places, like the R Wiki. So, this function is a complement.

Author(s)

David Forrest <drf@vims.edu> & Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean@sciviews.org> after Barry Rowland's original code

See Also

RSiteSearch, help.search

Examples

## Not run: 
helpSearchWeb("volatility")                    # Google search, by default
helpSearchWeb("volatility", type = "archive")  # In the mailing list archive
helpSearchWeb("median mean", type = "wiki")    # In the R Wiki
## End(Not run)

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