Check the Availability of a Package
needs(x, ask = TRUE)Invisibly returns NULL.
N. Frerebeau
needs() is designed for use inside other functions in your own package
to check for the availability of a suggested package.
If the required packages are not available and R is running interactively, the user will be asked to install the packages.
Other validation methods:
check-attribute,
check-data,
check-matrix,
check-numeric-comparison,
check-numeric-trend,
check-numeric,
check-type,
validate()