PackageCitation: A function to get the citations of packages

In leftygray/LeftysRpkg: Leftygray's Personal R Package

A function to get the citations of packages

Description

This function outputs the package citation information of a package or all packages loaded in the current session. It is based on a post by Carl Boettinger referenced below.

Usage

PackageCitation(packages, bibtex = FALSE, file = NULL)

Arguments

packages	Vector of package names we want to cite. If "all" display all packages loaded.
bibtex	If TRUE display bibtex citation only.
file	If specified is a string giving the file path and name.

Value

Returns a list of the citation information and outputs a bibtex file if requested.

Author(s)

Richard T Gray, [e-mail]

References

http://www.carlboettiger.info/2012/03/20/citing-r-packages.html

Examples

PackageCitation("all")

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