R: Search web documents about R and R functions

helpSearchWeb {svMisc}

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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

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)

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