6.3 OPTIONAL: What functions come with base R?

The following section is opitonal

If for some reason you want to see all the functions that come with base R, type this into the console and press enter. (ls stands for “list” and is a function we’ll use more later).

ls("package:base")

As R has been developed there has also built up a cannon of tried and true packages that are downloaded automatically when you download R, but they aren’t brought into R’s working memory unless you tell R.