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nullcat

Null Models for Categorical and Continuous Community Matrices

v0.2.0 · Apr 6, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Provides null model algorithms for categorical and quantitative community ecology data. Extends classic binary null models (e.g., 'curveball', 'swap') to work with categorical data. Provides a stratified randomization framework for continuous data.

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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 22, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 18, 2026
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Code

Structure

Lines of code

6,040

Files

69

Compiled share

24.3%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 2,018 (33.4%)C/C++/src 1,466 (24.3%)Tests 686 (11.4%)Docs 1,519 (25.1%)Vignettes 351 (5.8%)

API

Exported functions

18

Internal functions

18

Recent export changes

v0.1.0+18 c0cat, curvecat, nullcat +15 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.34

testthat edition

3

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

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

2

First release

2025-12-18

Latest release

2026-04-06

Avg cadence

109 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v0.1.0: 5,402 LOCv0.2.0: 6,040 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Reverse Dependencies (1)

suggests

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies Rcpp phylospatial nullcat

Version History

2 tracked
updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.0 diff Apr 6, 2026
new 0.1.0 Mar 10, 2026

R Observatory began tracking this package on Mar 10, 2026; it first appeared on CRAN Dec 18, 2025. Releases before tracking aren’t shown.