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R.utils (version 0.5.5)

getOption.Options: Gets an option

Description

Gets an option in the options tree structure or return a default value.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'Options}(this, pathname=NULL, defaultValue=NULL, ...)':
getOptionundefined

 pathname{A single or a vector of character strings specifying
      the paths to the options to be queried.
      By default the complete options structure is returned.}
   defaultValue{The default value to be returned, if option is
      missing. If multiple options are queried at the same times, multiple
      default values may be specified as a vector or a list.}
   ...{Not used.}

 If a single option is queried, a single value is returned.
   If a vector of options are queried, a list of values are returned.
   For non-existing options, the default value is returned.

 [object Object]

 *hasOption().
   *setOption().
   For more information see Options.


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