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utils (version 3.4.0)

maintainer:

Description

Show the name and email address of the maintainer of a package.

Usage

maintainer(pkg)

Arguments

pkg
Character string. The name of a single package.

Value

A character string giving the name and email address of the maintainer of the package, or NA if no such package is installed.

Details

Accesses the package description to return the name and email address of the maintainer. Questions about contributed packages should often be addressed to the package maintainer; questions about base packages should usually be addressed to the R-help or R-devel mailing lists. Bug reports should be submitted using the bug.report function.

References

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2010-February/230027.html

See Also

packageDescription, bug.report

Examples

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maintainer("MASS")

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