[R] Searching for packages

[Bert Gunter]

Other places beside google to look for R info:

https://rdrr.io/
https://www.rdocumentation.org/
https://rseek.org/

Bert Gunter

"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
and sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )


On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 5:44 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Actually, I only found it at the second try. The RSiteSearch webpage has
> a search bar, I've used it search binGroup* and found it on screen 3.
>
> Rui Barradas
>
> Às 13:32 de 28/02/2022, Ebert,Timothy Aaron escreveu:
> > binGroup2 (version 1.02) was released 2020-04-07. There was one update on 2021-03-17 (according to available.versions("binGroup2").
> > My last system update was (I assume) recent. My system is governed by my University. I get monthly updates, rarely more often. My version of R is 4.1.
> > I tried Rui's suggestion (thank you) of searching using R. I read through the list several times but did not find binGroup2, though it is possible that it was there as binGroup.... and I need to open all the documents to find it.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen H. Dawson, DSL <service using shdawson.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 7:46 AM
> > To: Ebert,Timothy Aaron <tebert using ufl.edu>; r-help using r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R] Searching for packages
> >
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> > When was binGroup2 released?
> >
> > When is your last system update?
> >
> > *Stephen Dawson, DSL*
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> >
> > On 2/28/22 07:36, Ebert,Timothy Aaron wrote:
> >> If I want help on a package I can usually go to google and type "package.name in r" and I get what I need in the first few hits. Google typically offers suggestions if my spelling is a bit off, and I get hits that are close. I searched for the binGroup package in the usual way and found that it is no longer supported. I asked the authors only to discover that there is a binGroup2 package.
> >>
> >> If I search for "tidyv in R" I get tidyverse.
> >>
> >> Any idea why I did not get binGroup2 in the binGroup search?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Tim
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