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Sys.getenv_value: System Environment Variables

Description

System Environment Variables

Usage

Sys.getenv_value(name, raw = FALSE)

Value

the value of the environment variable as a character string or NA is the variable is not defined at all.

Arguments

name

variable name as a character string.

raw

logical that indicates if one should return the raw value or the convertion of any false value to FALSE.

Examples

Run this code

# undefined returns FALSE
Sys.getenv_value('TOTO')
# raw undefined returns NA
Sys.getenv_value('TOTO', raw = TRUE)

Sys.setenv(TOTO='bla')
Sys.getenv_value('TOTO')

# anything false-like returns FALSE
Sys.setenv(TOTO='false'); Sys.getenv_value('TOTO')
Sys.setenv(TOTO='0'); Sys.getenv_value('TOTO')

# cleanup
Sys.unsetenv('TOTO')

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