user_id: Get a user from environment

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Get a user from environment

Description

Obtain Telegram user id from system variables (in .Renviron) set according to the naming convention R_TELEGRAM_USER_X where X is the user's name.

Usage

user_id(user_name)

Arguments

user_name

The user's name.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Open the `.Renviron` file
file.edit(path.expand(file.path("~", ".Renviron")))
# Add the line (uncomment and replace <user-id> by your Telegram user ID):
# R_TELEGRAM_USER_Me=<user-id>
# Save and restart R

user_id("Me")

## End(Not run)

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