[R] package argument to library as string

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"David Kane  <David Kane" <a296180 at mica.fmr.com> writes:

> > pkg <- "ts"
> > pkg
> [1] "ts"
> > library(pkg)
> Error in library(pkg) : There is no package called `pkg'
> > library(ts)
> > detach(2)
> > library("ts")
> > 
> 
> What am I misunderstanding? Why isn't pkg treated the same as "ts" by library()?

Welcome to the world of nonstandard argument evaluation... Similar
issues relate to the argument to help et al.

Basically, we have been trying to be nice to the user and allow them
to "forget" putting quotes around the package name. As a consequence,
library(pkg) might also have been intended to load someones "prototype
kernel generator" or so, and there's really no way to tell. As David
B. points out there is a way to override this.

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