pkgDownloadRank: What is a package's download rank?

In seandavi/BiocPkgTools: Collection of simple tools for learning about Bioconductor Packages

What is a package's download rank?

Description

This function uses available.packages to calculate the download rank percentile of a given package. It approximates what is observed in the Bioconductor landing page.

Usage

pkgDownloadRank(
  pkg,
  pkgType = c("software", "data-experiment", "workflows", "data-annotation"),
  version = BiocManager::version()
)

Arguments

pkg	character(1) The name of a Bioconductor package
pkgType	character(1) One of 'software', 'data-experiment', 'workflows', or 'data-annotation' (defaults to 'software')
version	(Optional) character(1) or package_version indicating the Bioconductor version (e.g., "3.8") for which repositories are required.

Value

The package's percentile rank, in terms of download statistics, and proportion in the name

Examples

## Percentile rank for BiocGenerics (top 1%)
pkgDownloadRank("BiocGenerics", "software")

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