Defunct {base} | R Documentation

## Defunct Functions

### Description

The functions listed here are no longer part of R as they are not needed (any more).

### Usage

    .Defunct()

    Version()
    provide(package)
    .Provided
    category(...)
    dnchisq(.)
    pnchisq(.)
    qnchisq(.)
    rnchisq(.)
    print.anova.glm(.)
    print.anova.lm(.)
    print.tabular(.)
    print.plot(.)
    save.plot(.)
    system.test(.)
    dotplot(...)
    stripplot(...)
    getenv(...)
    read.table.url(url, method,...)
    scan.url(url, file = tempfile(), method, ...)
    source.url(url, file = tempfile(), method, ...)
    httpclient(url, port=80, error.is.fatal=TRUE, check.MIME.type=TRUE,
               file=tempfile(), drop.ctrl.z=TRUE)
    parse.dcf(text = NULL, file = "", fields = NULL, versionfix = FALSE)
    .Alias(expr)
    reshapeWide(x, i = reshape.i, j = reshape.j, val = reshape.v,
                jnames = levels(j))
    reshapeLong(x,jvars,  ilev = row.names(x),
                jlev = names(x)[jvars], iname = "reshape.i",
                jname = "reshape.j", vname = "reshape.v")

### Details

`.Defunct` is the function to which defunct functions are set.

`category` has been an old-S function before there were factors; should be replaced by `factor` throughout!

The `*chisq()` functions now take an optional non-centrality argument, so the `*nchisq()` functions are no longer needed.

The new function `dev.print()` should now be used for saving plots to a file or printing them.

`provide` and its object `.Provided` have been removed. They were never used for their intended purpose, to allow one package to subsume another.

`dotplot` and `stripplot` have been renamed to `dotchart` and `stripchart`, respectively.

`getenv` has been replaced by `Sys.getenv`.

`*.url` are replaced by calling `read.table`, `scan` or `source` on a `url` connection.

`httpclient` was used by the deprecated `"socket"` method of `download.file`.

`parse.dcf` has been replaced by `read.dcf`, which is much faster, but has a slightly different interface.

`.Alias` provided an unreliable way to create duplicate references to the same object. There is no direct replacement. Where multiple references to a single object are required for semantic reasons consider using environments or external pointers. There are some notes on http://developer.r-project.org.

`reshape*`, which were experimental, are replaced by `reshape`. This has a different syntax and allows multiple time-varying variables.

### See Also

`Deprecated`

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