findPackage {findPackage}

Find 'CRAN' Package by topic

Description

Finds CRAN packages by the topic requested. The topic can be given as a character string or as a regular expression, and will help users to locate packages matching their specified requirement.

Usage

findPackage(
  topicString = "",
  fromDate = "2008-09-01",
  toDate = Sys.Date(),
  sortOrder = "A"
)

Arguments

topicString

The topic as a character string or as a regular expression

fromDate

Format: YYYY-MM-DD. The search in CRAN will be restricted to packages published on or after this date, default is from the earliest available date, i.e. September 2008

toDate

Format: YYYY-MM-DD. The search in CRAN will be restricted to packages published on or before this date, default is till the current date

sortOrder

The matching data is sorted by default (A) with the earlier published packages preceding the later ones. For descending sort, more recent earlier, use "D"

Value

A data frame with the package name, the date of publication, title of the package and its description

Examples

ahp <- findPackage("(Analytic Hierarchy Process)|(AHP)");

AHP_or_DEA <- 
findPackage(
"(Analytic Hierarchy Process)|(AHP)|(Data Envelopment Analysis)|(DEA)");

fa <- findPackage("Factor Analysis")