defineOptions

Define and Parse Command Line Options

v0.9 · Oct 28, 2023 · GPL (>= 3)

Description

Parses command line arguments and supplies values to scripts. Users can specify names to which parsed inputs are assigned, value types into which inputs are cast, long options or short options, input splitters and callbacks that define how options should be specified and how input values are supplied.

Downloads

CRAN

173

Last 30 days

23333rd

519

Last 90 days

1.9K

Last year

Trend: +34.1% (30d vs prior 30d)

r2u CRAN

Last 30 days

Last 90 days

110

Last year

Trend: -28.6% (30d vs prior 30d)

CRAN Check Status

13 NOTE

Show all 13 flavors

Flavor	Status	Time
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang	NOTE	25.6s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc	NOTE	21s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang	NOTE	36.4s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc	NOTE	35s
r-devel-windows-x86_64	NOTE	45s
r-oldrel-macos-arm64	NOTE
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64	NOTE	27s
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64	NOTE	51s
r-patched-linux-x86_64	NOTE	22.5s
r-release-linux-x86_64	NOTE
r-release-macos-arm64	NOTE	10s
r-release-macos-x86_64	NOTE	34s
r-release-windows-x86_64	NOTE	48s

Check details (15 non-OK)

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Toshihiro Umehara <toshi@niceume.com>’

The BugReports field in DESCRIPTION has
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions
which should likely be
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions/issues
instead.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Toshihiro Umehara <toshi@niceume.com>’

The BugReports field in DESCRIPTION has
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions
which should likely be
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions/issues
instead.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    'defineOptions-package.Rd' 'define_option.Rd' 'parse_with_defs.Rd'
    'summary.parsed_result.Rd'

NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    'defineOptions-package.Rd' 'define_option.Rd' 'parse_with_defs.Rd'
    'summary.parsed_result.Rd'

NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-linux-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-macos-arm64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-macos-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-windows-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    'defineOptions-package.Rd' 'define_option.Rd' 'parse_with_defs.Rd'
    'summary.parsed_result.Rd'

Check History

NOTE 3 OK · 11 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Toshihiro Umehara <toshi@niceume.com>’

The BugReports field in DESCRIPTION has
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions
which should likely be
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions/issues
instead.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Toshihiro Umehara <toshi@niceume.com>’

The BugReports field in DESCRIPTION has
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions
which should likely be
  https://github.com/niceume/defineOptions/issues
instead.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-devel-macos-arm64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    'defineOptions-package.Rd' 'define_option.Rd' 'parse_with_defs.Rd'
    'summary.parsed_result.Rd'

NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-linux-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-macos-arm64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-macos-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    ‘defineOptions-package.Rd’ ‘define_option.Rd’ ‘parse_with_defs.Rd’
    ‘summary.parsed_result.Rd’

NOTE r-release-windows-x86_64

DESCRIPTION meta-information

Missing dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the pipe
  |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
  File(s) using such syntax:
    'defineOptions-package.Rd' 'define_option.Rd' 'parse_with_defs.Rd'
    'summary.parsed_result.Rd'

Version History

1 tracked

new 0.9 Mar 10, 2026

R Observatory began tracking this package on Mar 10, 2026; it first appeared on CRAN Oct 28, 2023. Releases before tracking aren’t shown.