How to Check the Version of R
R language, like any other programming language, is updated regularly. New functions and features are added regularly, and some also get deprecated, which may lead to errors if one is not aware of these changes. Thus, it is essential to know what version of R is installed on your device.
One can check the directories to see which version of R is running on your device. Otherwise, we have a couple of built-in functions also available, which can tell the same.
Check R Version With the R.version Function
The first of which is the R.version function. We get a whole bunch of information when we run this command.
R.version
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platform x86_64-w64-mingw32
arch x86_64
os mingw32
system x86_64, mingw32
status
major 4
minor 0.2
year 2020
month 06
day 22
svn rev 78730
language R
version.string R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22)
nickname Taking Off Again
As you can see, version.string shows the current version of R. We can also directly extract this by running the following command:
R.version.string
[1] "R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22)"
Check R Version With the sessioninfo() Function
Another way of checking which version of R is installed is using the sessioninfo() function, which provides the current version and other details of the system it is running on, the current packages, and more.
sessionInfo()
R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19041)
Matrix products: default
locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_India.1252 LC_CTYPE=English_India.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_India.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_India.1252
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods
[7] base
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.0.2 tools_4.0.2 tinytex_0.26 xfun_0.17
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