Displays help and structure of an object, or help of a package.
Two syntax sugars are added to enhance utils::?
.
One is object?.
which works as if ?object
.
Another is package?p
which works as if help(package = package)
`?`(e1, e2)
A topic of document.
Refer to topic
argument described in utils::`?`
.
.
and p
have special meanings as documented above.
Otherwise, e2
is same as type
argument of utils::`?`
.
# Identical to help(identity); print(identity)
?identity
#> function (x)
#> x
#> <environment: namespace:base>
identity?. # The same
#> function (x)
#> x
#> <environment: namespace:base>
# Identical to help(iris); str(iris)
?iris
#> 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables:
#> $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ...
#> $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ...
#> $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ...
#> $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ...
#> $ Species : Factor w/ 3 levels "setosa","versicolor",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
iris?. # The same
#> 'data.frame': 150 obs. of 5 variables:
#> $ Sepal.Length: num 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 5 5.4 4.6 5 4.4 4.9 ...
#> $ Sepal.Width : num 3.5 3 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.1 ...
#> $ Petal.Length: num 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 ...
#> $ Petal.Width : num 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 ...
#> $ Species : Factor w/ 3 levels "setosa","versicolor",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
# Identical to help(package = stats)
stats?p