construct_authors: Construct authors
Description
Helper function to construct an author list for a DESCRIPTION file.
Returns a template when authors is not provided (default).
Usage
construct_authors(
authors = NULL,
template = c(utils::person(given = "yourGivenName", family = "yourFamilyName", role =
c("cre"), email = "yourEmail@email.com", comment = c(ORCID = "yourOrcidId")))
)Value
Named list in person format.
Arguments
- authors
A list of authors who contributed to your R package,
each provided as objects of class person.
By default, if an Authors field already exists in the
DESCRIPTION file, the original values are kept.
Otherwise, a template person list is created using the
construct_authors.
- template
Default value to return when authors=NULL.
Examples
Run this codeauthors <- construct_authors()
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