R: Determine the Machine R is Running On

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machine {base}

R Documentation

Determine the Machine R is Running On

Description

This function returns a character string which specifies what kind of environment R is being run in.

Usage

machine()

See Also

.Platform which provides more than machine(); Machine for the computer's characteristics in arithmetics;

Examples

machine()# to see yours
tolower(machine()) == .Platform $ OS ## --> often TRUE
if (machine() == "Macintosh")
  cat("You are using a Macintosh computer\n")

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