tinytest 1.2.4 is on CRAN
Version 1.2.4 of tinytest arrived on CRAN at 17 December 2020. This release has a couple of new features. You can specify the library location in test_package with lib.loc. New...continue reading.
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How to set library path on a {parallel} R cluster
In R you can add extra library locations (directories where your packages are installed) with the .libPaths() function. For example, to add “~/my/lib”, you can do libs <- c(“~/my/lib”, .libPaths())...continue reading.
Author with affiliation in bookdown: HTML and pdf
If you are using Yihui Xie’s bookdown package, it is quite easy to add authors and affiliations for HTML output. You only need to put the following pandoc options in...continue reading.
validate 1.0.1: new features and a cookbook
Version 1.0.1 of our validate package has arrived on CRAN on 2020-12-08. At the same time, a complete Data Validation Cookbook has been published online, and is also included with...continue reading.
stringdist 0.9.6 on CRAN: new features
stringdist version 0.9.6 arrived on CRAN on 16 july 2020. This release brings a few new features. Fuzzy text search Search text for approximate matches of a search string using...continue reading.
gower 1.2.2 is on CRAN
R package gower was accepted on CRAN on 23 june 2020. This release fixes an edge case, affecting cases with a small number of records and a large number of...continue reading.
tinytest 1.2.2 is on CRAN
The tinytest package was accepted on CRAN at 18 june. This release improves the build_install_test() function with two extra arguments that were previously missing, as reported by Patrick Breheny. Meanwhile,...continue reading.
lumberjack 1.2.0 is on CRAN and paper accepted by JSS
lumberjack is a package that allows you to track (log) changes in data while an R script is running. This allows you to detect exactly which code had what effect...continue reading.
tinytest 1.2.0 is on CRAN
tinytest is a relatively new, light-weight (no-dependency) but full-featured unit testing framework for R. It is currently used by 60+ packages, including the famous Rcpp package. The latest version of...continue reading.
validate 0.9.3 is on CRAN
CRAN just accepted the latest version of our R package validate. The validate package provides an infrastructure to perform any data quality check in a flexible and extensible way. This...continue reading.
Call for abstracts and tutorials: use of R in official statistics 2020 in Vienna
The eight international conference on the Use of R in Official Statistics (#uRos2020) will take place place from 6 to 8 May 2020 at Statistics Austria, the Austrian office of...continue reading.
lintools 0.1.3 is on CRAN
Version 0.1.3 of the lintools package was accepted on CRAN today. This version brings a few internal improvements and switches the testing suite to the tinytest test infrastructure. lintools is...continue reading.
Make your package spherical
Larger packages typically consist of functions that are visible to the users (exported functions) and functions that are used by the exported functions, but that are invisible to the user....continue reading.
Checking reverse dependencies: the tiny way
The tools package that comes with base R makes checking reverse dependencies super easy. Build your package tarball (the pkg_x.y.z.tar.gz file). R CMD build /your/package/location It is a good idea...continue reading.
gower 0.2.0 is on CRAN
A new version of R package gower has just been released on CRAN. Thanks to our new contributor David Turner who was kind enough to provide a pull request, gower...continue reading.
uRos2019: tutorials, keynote speakers, registration and call for papers!
The 7th use of R in Official Statistics conference is the event for all things R in the production and use of government statistics. The 7th installment of this conference...continue reading.
Add a static pdf vignette to an R package
Most vignettes are built when a package is built, but there are occasions where you just want to include a pdf. For example when you want to include a paper....continue reading.
The program for uRos2018 is online
The uRos2018 conference is aimed at professionals and academics who are involved in producing or consuming official (government) statistics. We are happy to announce that we recently posted the full...continue reading.
stringdist 0.9.5.1: now with C API
Version 0.9.5.1 of stringdist is on CRAN. The main new feature, with a huge thanks to our awesome new contributor Chris Muir, is that we made it easy to call...continue reading.
The use of R in official statistics conference 2018
On September 12-14 the 6th international conference on the use of R in official statistics (#uRos2018) will take place at the Dutch National Statistical Office in Den Haag, the Netherlands....continue reading.
