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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>R: Send a Post to R-help</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="R.css" /> </head><body> <table width="100%" summary="page for help.request {utils}"><tr><td>help.request {utils}</td><td style="text-align: right;">R Documentation</td></tr></table> <h2>Send a Post to R-help</h2> <h3>Description</h3> <p>Prompts the user to check they have done all that is expected of them before sending a post to the R-help mailing list, provides a template for the post with session information included and optionally sends the email (on Unix systems). </p> <h3>Usage</h3> <pre> help.request(subject = "", address = "r-help@R-project.org", file = "R.help.request", ...) </pre> <h3>Arguments</h3> <table summary="R argblock"> <tr valign="top"><td><code>subject</code></td> <td> <p>subject of the email. Please do not use single quotes (<kbd>'</kbd>) in the subject! Post separate help requests for multiple queries.</p> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><code>address</code></td> <td> <p>recipient's email address.</p> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><code>file</code></td> <td> <p>filename to use (if needed) for setting up the email.</p> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><code>...</code></td> <td> <p>additional named arguments such as <code>method</code> and <code>ccaddress</code> to pass to <code><a href="create.post.html">create.post</a></code>.</p> </td></tr> </table> <h3>Details</h3> <p>This function is not intended to replace the posting guide. Please read the guide before posting to R-help or using this function (see <a href="https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html">https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html</a>). </p> <p>The <code>help.request</code> function: </p> <ul> <li><p> asks whether the user has consulted relevant resources, stopping and opening the relevant URL if a negative response if given. </p> </li> <li><p> checks whether the current version of <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier; color: #666666;"><b>R</b></span> is being used and whether the add-on packages are up-to-date, giving the option of updating where necessary. </p> </li> <li><p> asks whether the user has prepared appropriate (minimal, reproducible, self-contained, commented) example code ready to paste into the post. </p> </li></ul> <p>Once this checklist has been completed a template post is prepared including current session information, and passed to <code><a href="create.post.html">create.post</a></code>. </p> <h3>Value</h3> <p>Nothing useful. </p> <h3>Author(s)</h3> <p>Heather Turner, based on the then current code and help page of <code><a href="bug.report.html">bug.report</a>()</code>.</p> <h3>See Also</h3> <p>The posting guide (<a href="https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html">https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html</a>), also <code><a href="sessionInfo.html">sessionInfo</a>()</code> from which you may add to the help request. </p> <p><code><a href="create.post.html">create.post</a></code>. </p> <hr /><div style="text-align: center;">[Package <em>utils</em> version 3.6.0 <a href="00Index.html">Index</a>]</div> </body></html>