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 Package: dunlin
 Title: Preprocessing Tools for Clinical Trial Data
-Version: 0.1.7.9012
+Version: 0.1.8
 Date: 2024-10-24
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Liming", "Li", , "liming.li@roche.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
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-# dunlin 0.1.7.9012
+# dunlin 0.1.8
 
 * Rules specified under the `all_datasets` keyword in a format list will apply to every data set of the reformatted object unless specified otherwise.
 * New `verbose` argument in the `reformat` method. When applied to `list` the value of this augment can be controlled with the `dunlin.reformat.verbose` option or the `R_DUNLIN_REFORMAT_VERBOSE` environment variable.
 * Improve the output when printing `rule` objects.
 * New `combine_rules` and `combine_list_rules` functions to combine rules or list of rules into a single rule or a single list of rules.
- 
+
 # dunlin 0.1.6
 
 * `render_safe` now renders placeholder using in priority values corresponding to the key matching exactly the placeholder, case included.