helpSearchWeb             package:svMisc             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_U_s_a_g_e:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

 apropos: The string to search 

    type: The search engine, or location to use 

  browse: Do we actually show the page in the Web browser? 

_V_a_l_u_e:

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

_N_o_t_e:

     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.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

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

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'RSiteSearch', 'help.search'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     ## 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)

