cleanPkgField          package:pkgDepTools          R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Given the value from a field like 'Depends' in a package's
     DESCRIPTION file, return a character vector of package names with
     the version restrictions stripped and R removed.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     cleanPkgField(val)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     val: character string parsed from a package's DESCRIPTION file
          containing package names and possible version specifiers.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Internal function

_W_a_r_n_i_n_g:

     FIXME: uses a private function from tools

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Seth Falcon

