Description
Argument parsing for R scripts, with support for long and short Unix-style options including option clustering, positional arguments including those of variable length, and multiple usage patterns which may take different subsets of options.
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CRAN Check Status
Show all 13 flavors
| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check History
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
Code
Structure
Lines of code
503
Files
15
Compiled share
0%
Has compiled src
No
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
3
Internal functions
4
Recent export changes
Testing & CI
Has tests
Yes
Test-to-code ratio
0.01
testthat edition
–
CI present
No
CI type
[]
PR gated
No
Docs
Return-value doc rate
100%
\dontrun example ratio
0%
Roxygen coverage
100%
Has pkgdown
No
NEWS present
Yes
Health & Security signals
Informational signals; not verdicts.
on.exit coverage
–
Unsafe pattern score
0
Dep constraint coverage
0%
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
–
System requirements
–
C++ standard
–
License
GPL-2
License flags
SPDX valid, OSI approved
History
Versions
1
First release
2024-09-25
Latest release
2024-09-25
Avg cadence
–
Cold removal rate
–
Dep drift
0
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.
Dependency Network
Version History
1 trackedR Observatory began tracking this package on Mar 10, 2026; it first appeared on CRAN Sep 25, 2024. Releases before tracking aren’t shown.