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You can access the help page of a function in a number of ways. To open up the function help page in a webpage:

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help_r
help_r

Opening help files in R

To open up the help page within R/RStudio:

Code Block
> help(insert_function_name)
# an example for ds.histogram
> help(ds.histogram)

an equivalent command is to use the help operator ?:

Code Block
> ?(insert_function_nameds.histogram)

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webpage
webpage

Opening up help webpages

To open up the function help page in a webpage:

Code Block

> options(help_type="html")
> help(ds.histogram)
# alternatively use
> ?(ds.histogram)

An example function help page webpage for ds.histogram is given below.

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