[R] How to determine R version?

[Marius Hofert]

Thanks, Berend, that works. 

Cheers,

Marius

Berend Hasselman <bhh at xs4all.nl> writes:

> On 22-09-2012, at 19:32, Marius Hofert wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> What's the best approach to determine if a user uses an R version before 2.15.1
>> patched?
>> I know that the sessionInfo() command provides details, but I'm not sure how
>> the output of sessionInfo() is best used to determine R versions. This seems to
>> work, but a) there is certainly a better way and b) I'm not sure where the
>> "patched" will appear in the string. 
>> 
>> if(sessionInfo()$R.version$minor < "15.1") ...
>
> ?getRversion 
>
> is an option
>
> Berend
>