utils (version 3.5.3)

compareVersion: Compare Two Package Version Numbers

Description

Compare two package version numbers to see which is later.

Usage

compareVersion(a, b)

Arguments

a, b

Character strings representing package version numbers.

Value

0 if the numbers are equal, -1 if b is later and 1 if a is later (analogous to the C function strcmp).

Details

R package version numbers are of the form x.y-z for integers x, y and z, with components after x optionally missing (in which case the version number is older than those with the components present).

See Also

package_version, library, packageStatus.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
compareVersion("1.0", "1.0-1")
compareVersion("7.2-0","7.1-12")
# }