fetch_tag_from_Rd {installr} | R Documentation |
Access tag elements from R's Rd file
Description
A function to extract elements from R's help file.
It is useful, for example, for going through a package and discover who are its authors (useful for me to help me give proper credit in the DESCRIPTION file).
Usage
fetch_tag_from_Rd(package, tag = "\\author", ...)
Arguments
package |
a character string of the package we are interested in. |
tag |
a character vector of tag(s) to get from a package's Rd files. |
... |
not in use. |
Value
a character vector with the tag's content, and the name of the Rd source of the function the tag came from.
Author(s)
Thomas J. Leeper <thosjleeper@gmail.com>
Source
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17909081/access-elements-from-rs-rd-file
See Also
Examples
## Not run:
fetch_tag_from_Rd("installr", "\\author")
fetch_tag_from_Rd("knitr", "\\author")
fetch_tag_from_Rd("lubridate", "\\author")
fetch_tag_from_Rd("installr", "\\source")
# get all the authors for this package
unique(unname(fetch_tag_from_Rd("installr", "\\author")))
fetch_tag_from_Rd("installr", "\\author")
package_authors("installr")
## End(Not run)
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