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Out of Date Packages

R packages are constantly updated. Updates contain new features and bug fixes. The old.packages() function returns a data frame, where each row indicates a newer version is available.

This exercise is part of the course

Defensive R Programming

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Exercise instructions

  • Create a data frame of the packages where a newer version is available, and assign it to the object old.
  • How many packages need to be updated? Store this value to no_of_old_pkgs.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Create a data frame of the packages where a newer version is available
old <- ___

# Find how many packages need to be updated
no_of_old_pkgs <- ___
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