packagefinder (version 0.3.0)

whatsNew: Staying up-to-date on CRAN packages

Description

Shows information on the latest package additions to CRAN.

Usage

whatsNew(last.days = 0, brief = TRUE, index = NULL)

Arguments

last.days

The length of the period (in days) for which package additions to CRAN shall be presented. last.days=0 means only today's additions are shown.

brief

Determines if all avalilable package description fields shall be shown (brief=FALSE) or only a summary covering the most important fields (brief=TRUE, the default).

index

Either a path (or URL) to a search index, or a search index that is already loaded. If no index is provided, whatsNew() creates an ad hoc search index.

Value

Number of packages covered by the period specified in last.days.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
whatsNew(last.days = 3)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }