Get available package version in Bioconductor

This function queries Bioconductor for the code of the available version of the selected package for given Bioconductor release.

Usage

wood_bioc_version(package, release = "release")

Arguments

package

character(1)
Name of a package to query for.

release

character(1)
Bioconductor release to query for. Can be either a numeric code (like 3.12) or one of two keywords: "release" and "devel".

Value

A single string with a version code.

See also

Functions for Bioconductor: wood_bioc_dependencies(), wood_bioc_packages(), wood_bioc_releases()

Functions that query package versions: wood_core_version(), wood_cran_latest(), wood_cran_versions(), wood_github_latest(), wood_github_versions(), wood_local_versions(), wood_runiverse_version(), wood_url_version(), wood_versions()

Examples

# \donttest{
wood_bioc_version("Biostrings")
#> [1] "2.66.0"

# What's coming next?
wood_bioc_version("Biostrings", release = "devel")
#> [1] "2.67.2"
# Can query releases as old as 1.5:
wood_bioc_version("Biostrings", release = "1.5")
#> [1] "1.0.0"
# }