processPckg {Visualize.CRAN.Downloads}

main function to analyze a list of packages in a given time frame

Description

main function to analyze a list of packages in a given time frame

Usage

processPckg(
  pckg.lst,
  t0 = lastyear.date(),
  t1 = today(),
  opts = list(),
  device = "PDF",
  dirSave = NULL
)

Arguments

pckg.lst

list of packages to process

t0

initial date, begining of the time period given in "YYYY-MM-DD" format

t1

final date, ending of the time period given in "YYYY-MM-DD" format

opts

a list of different options available for customizing the output

device

string to select the output format: 'PDF'/'PNG'/'JPEG' or 'screen'

dirSave

name of a valid directory where to save the file, eg. do not specify this argument or enter "." for using the current working directory

Examples

# device is set to "screen" so no files are generated and plots will appear on "screen"
# alternative to 'device' are "PDF"/"PNG"/"JPEG"
processPckg("ehelp", device="screen")
processPckg(c("ehelp","plotly","ggplot2"), "2001-01-01", device="screen")
processPckg(c("ehelp","plotly","ggplot2"), "2001-01-01", opts="nostatic", device="screen")
processPckg(c("ehelp","plotly","ggplot2"), "2001-01-01",
	opts=c("nostatic","nocombined","nointeractive"), device="screen")