exploreFields {packagefinder} | R Documentation |
Searching for packages on CRAN
Description
Searches for packages on CRAN by scanning a specified set of information fields for a user-provided search term.
Usage
exploreFields(
term,
fields = c("Name", "Description", "LongDescription"),
mode = "or",
match = "like",
display = "viewer",
index = NULL
)
Arguments
term |
Search term to look for; character vector must have one element. |
fields |
The list of fields to be scanned for the search term; must be a character vector with one or more field names. Allowed field names are: |
mode |
Indicates whether matches in the field shall be combined with a logical OR or with a logical AND; accordingly, permitted values are |
match |
Either |
display |
Describes where the search results shall be shown. Either |
index |
Either a path (or URL) to a search index, or a search index that is already loaded. If no index is provided, |
Details
Found packages are listed in alphabetical order, there is no prioritization of search hits as in findPackage()
.
Value
No return value.
Author(s)
Joachim Zuckarelli joachim@zuckarelli.de
Examples
exploreFields("Hadley", c("Maintainer", "Authors@R", "Author"))