Version of Bioconductor currently in use.

version() reports the version ofBioconductor appropropriatefor this version of R, or the version ofBioconductor requestedby the user.

Usage

version()# S3 method for class 'version_sentinel'print(x,...)

Arguments

x

Anunknown_version instance used to represent thesituation when the version of Bioconductor in use cannot bedetermined.

...

Additional arguments, ignored.

Value

A two-digit version, e.g.,3.8, of classpackage_version describing the version ofBioconductor inuse.

Details

version() (and all functions requiring version information) failswhen version cannot be validated e.g., because internet access isnot available.

The environment variableR_BIOC_VERSION can be used to specify aversion that is not consistent withBioconductor releaseversioning. Use of this variable is strongly discouraged.

Examples

BiocManager::version()#> [1] ‘3.22’