wrapr 1.9.6 is now up on CRAN. We unfortunately usually forget to say this. A big thank you to the staff and volunteers at CRAN. As part of this release Nina Zumel has streamlined the unpack vignette, picking and recommending specific notations for the unpack method. We are looking forward to using the new wrapr … Continue reading wrapr...
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