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+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+.Ruserdata
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+Package: ekplektoR
+Type: Package
+Title: Network Analysis for Cell- and Systems Biology
+Version: 0.1.0
+Author: Boris Steipe et al.
+Maintainer: Boris Steipe <boris.steipe@utoronto.ca>
+Description: ekplektor combines a workflow for affected-subnetwork discovery in
+    cancer genome data and analysis tools.
+License: GPL-3
+Encoding: UTF-8
+LazyData: true
+Suggests: testthat
+RoxygenNote: 6.0.1
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
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+exportPattern("^[[:alpha:]]+")
diff --git a/R/hello.R b/R/hello.R
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+# hello.R
+#
+# This is an example function which prints 'Hello, world!' and returns the first
+# seven Fibonacci numbers.
+#
+
+hello <- function() {
+  print("Hello, world!")
+  return(c(1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13))
+}
+
+# [END]
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diff --git a/README b/README
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+ekplektoR
+
+----------------------------------------------
+This package follows the structure and process
+suggested by Hadley Wickham in:
+
+
+  R Packages
+  http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/
+
+-----------------------------------------------
+Some useful keyboard shortcuts for package authoring:
+
+  Build and Reload Package:  'Cmd + Shift + B'
+  Check Package:             'Cmd + Shift + E'
+  Test Package:              'Cmd + Shift + T'
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Run before every commit:
+   library(devtools)
+   devtools::check()  # or Cmd + Shift + E
+DO NOT SUBMIT CODE that does not pass without error, warnings and notes.
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diff --git a/ekplektoR.Rproj b/ekplektoR.Rproj
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+Version: 1.0
+
+RestoreWorkspace: Default
+SaveWorkspace: Default
+AlwaysSaveHistory: Default
+
+EnableCodeIndexing: Yes
+UseSpacesForTab: Yes
+NumSpacesForTab: 4
+Encoding: UTF-8
+
+RnwWeave: knitr
+LaTeX: XeLaTeX
+
+StripTrailingWhitespace: Yes
+
+BuildType: Package
+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source
diff --git a/man/hello.Rd b/man/hello.Rd
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+\name{hello}
+\alias{hello}
+\title{Hello, World!}
+\usage{
+hello()
+}
+\description{
+Prints 'Hello, world!'.
+}
+\examples{
+hello()
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
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+library(testthat)
+library(ekplektoR)
+
+test_check("ekplektoR")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/testHello.R b/tests/testthat/testHello.R
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+# testHello.R
+#
+#
+context("Demo test")
+
+test_that("hello.R returns a vector with the first seven Fibonacci numbers", {
+    expect_equal(sum(hello()), 33)
+})
+
+# [END]
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