[R] How many R packages?

[Henrique Dallazuanna]

x <- available.packages()
length(unique(rownames(x)))

On 12/02/2008, Muenchen, Robert A (Bob) <muenchen at utk.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I searched around to find the number of R packages currently available,
> but didn't find anything, so I choose all repositories & told it to
> install. The list contained about 2,856 (correcting roughly for those
> installed). But the list includes repetitions such as 19 names that
> begin with "bvbovine".
>
> Selecting only CRAN and CRAN(extras) I get 1,344.
>
> Is there an easier way to determine the total number of R packages
> available?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
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