https://github.com/cran/fBasics
Tip revision: ae12f27c5909a60dc99e0a7542680a199d5dad76 authored by Rmetrics Core Team on 14 January 2012, 00:00:00 UTC
version 2160.81
version 2160.81
Tip revision: ae12f27
utils-listDescription.R
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU Library General Public License for more details.
#
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# Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
# Free Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
# MA 02111-1307 USA
################################################################################
# FUNCTION: DESCRIPTION:
# listDescription Extracts R package description
################################################################################
listDescription <-
function(package, character.only = FALSE)
{
# A function implemented by Diethelm Wuertz & Yohan Chalabi
# Description:
# Extracts package description
# Example:
# listDescription("fSeries")
# FUNCTION:
# Extract Description:
if (!character.only)
package <- as.character(substitute(package))
cmd = paste("library(help =", package, ")", sep = "" )
ans = eval(parse(text = cmd))
name = ans$name
parh = ans$path
description = ans$info[[1]]
# DW: next line for proper insertion added
description = gsub("\n", "\n ", description)
index = ans$info[[2]]
cat("\n", package, "Description:\n\n")
cat(paste(" ", description), sep = "\n")
}
################################################################################