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Which function should be used to load a package in R, require or library?
The main difference between require and library is that require was designed to use inside functions and library is used to load packages. If a package is not available then library throws an error on the other hand require gives a warning message.
Using library
> library(xyz) Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called ‘xyz’
Using require
require(xyz) Loading required package: xyz Warning message: In library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, : there is no package called ‘xyz’
Here we can see that the library shows an error and require gives a warning message, since warnings are mostly avoided and we tend to move further hence require is not recommended because further steps will throw an error or warning again.
Updated on: 06-Jul-2020
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