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R.utils (version 1.7.5)

setOption.Options: Sets an option

Description

Sets an option in the options tree structure.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'Options':
setOption(this, pathname, value, overwrite=TRUE, ...)

Arguments

pathname
A single character string specifying the path to the option.
value
The value to be assigned to the option.
overwrite
If TRUE, already existing options are overwritten, otherwise not.
...
Not used.

Value

  • Returns (invisibly) the old option value.

See Also

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