R help - Jan 2011 - Require

I think that the "quietly" argument in "require" isn't
working
> require('JumboShrimp', quietly=TRUE)
Warning in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE,
logical.return = TRUE,  :
  there is no package called 'JumboShrimp'
>
By the way, the behavior is the same with options(warn=0) or options(warn=1)
I'm using R 2.12 (2010-10-15) on a windows 7 machine

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Gene Leynes <gleynes+r at gmail.com> writes:
> I think that the "quietly" argument in "require"
isn't working
> 
> > require('JumboShrimp', quietly=TRUE)
> Warning in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE,
> logical.return = TRUE,  :
>   there is no package called 'JumboShrimp'
> >
Isn't quietly meant to suppress a message if loading is successful? 

Matthew

On 12.01.2011 18:53, Gene Leynes wrote:
> I think that the "quietly" argument in "require"
isn't working
>
>> require('JumboShrimp', quietly=TRUE)
> Warning in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE,
> logical.return = TRUE,  :
>    there is no package called 'JumboShrimp'

?require says:
"If TRUE, no message confirming package loading is printed, and most 
often, no errors/warnings are printed if package loading fails."

It does not say that is keeps quiet if the package does not even exist 
on your machine. If you really want to suppress such important warnings, use
  suppressWarnings(require('JumboShrimp', quietly=TRUE))
>
> By the way, the behavior is the same with options(warn=0) or
options(warn=1)
... which I would expect from reading ?options.
You have to use options(warn=-1) to suppress.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> I'm using R 2.12 (2010-10-15) on a windows 7 machine
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