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help

Calling Sequences:
help(
top)
?
top
Parameters:
top : string

Returns: void

Synopsis: The help and ? functions search (approximately) for the topic top in the Darwin system and print out any description lines for these routines. The help function is case insensitive.

Examples:

> help('Match');
> ? 'phylogenetic';




Gaston Gonnet
1998-09-15