

_D_a_t_a _S_e_t_s

     data(..., list = character(0), package = c(.packages(),.Autoloaded),
          lib.loc = .lib.loc)

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

     ...: a sequence of `name's or character strings

    list: a character vector

 package: a name or character vector giving the packages to
          look into for data sets.  By default, all packages
          in the search path are used.

 lib.loc: a character vector of directory names of R
          libraries.  Defaults to all libraries currently
          known.

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

     `data' loads or lists available data sets.  The data
     sets to be loaded can be specified as a sequence of
     `name's or character strings, or as the character vec-
     tor `list', or as both.

     If no data sets are specified, the available data sets
     are displayed.

     Currently, four formats of data files are supported:

        * files ending `".RData"' or `".rda"' are
          `load()ed'.

        * files ending `".R"' or `".r"' are `source()d' in.

        * files ending `".tab"' or `".txt"' are read using
          `read.table(..., header = TRUE)', and hence result
          in a `data.frame'.

        * files ending `".csv"' are read using
          `read.table(..., header = TRUE, sep=";")', and
          also result in a `data.frame'.

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

     A character vector of all data sets specified for load-
     ing.

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

     `help' for obtaining documentation on data sets.

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

     data()                       # list all available data sets
     data(package = base)         # list the data sets in the base package
     data(crimes, "deaths")       # load the data sets `crimes' and `deaths'
     help(crimes)                 # give information on data set `crimes'

