Testing R Version

Usage

testRversion(x, test = 1L)

Arguments

x
target version to compare with.
test
numeric value that indicates the comparison to be carried out. The comparison is based on the result from utils::compareVersion(R.version, x):
  • 1: is R.version > x?
  • 0: is R.version = x?
  • -1: is R.version < x?

Value

a logical

Description

Compares current R version with a given target version, which may be useful for implementing version dependent code.

Examples

testRversion("2.14")
[1] TRUE
testRversion("2.15")
[1] TRUE
testRversion("2.30")
[1] TRUE
testRversion("2.30", -1)
[1] FALSE
testRversion("2")
[1] TRUE
testRversion(Rversion())
[1] FALSE