R: Search web documents about R and R functions

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(what, type = c("R", "archive", "wiki", "google"), browse = TRUE,
        msg = browse, ...)

### Arguments

`what` | the string(s) to search. In case of several strings, or several words, any of these words are searched.
`type` | the search engine, or location to use.
`browse` | do we actually show the page in the Web browser? If `type = "R"`, this argument is ignored and the result is always displayed in the Web browser.
`msg` | do we issue a message indicating that a page should be displayed shortly in the Web browser? If `type = "R"`, this argument is ignored and a message is always displayed.
`...` | further arguments to format the result page in case of `type = "R"`. These are the same arguments as for `RSiteSearch()`.

### 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 used when `type = "R"`.

### 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")                    # R site search, by default
    helpSearchWeb("volatility", type = "google")   # Google search
    helpSearchWeb("volatility", type = "archive")  # In the mailing list archive
    helpSearchWeb("median mean", type = "wiki")    # In the R Wiki

    ## End(Not run)

[Package svMisc version 0.9-70 Index]