contribs: Getting package contributors
In lgatto/biocdownloads: Learning about Bioconductor packages

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) Examples

These functions extract information about package contributors.

contribs(pkg)

ncontribs(pkg)

pkgrole(pkg, role.)

pkgaut(pkg)

pkgcre(pkg)

`pkg`	The name of the package.
`role.`	The role to be searched for. See '?person' for details.

An instance of class 'person' or the 'character' with the author information and a warning ('contribs') or an error (other functions) when 'Authors@R' is not present in the package's 'DESCRIPTION'. For 'ncontribs' an 'integer'.

Laurent Gatto

contribs("MSnbase")
contribs("Biobase")
ncontribs("MSnbase")
pkgcre("MSnbase")
## same as
pkgrole("MSnbase", "cre")
pkgaut("MSnbase")
## same as
pkgrole("MSnbase", "aut")