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+# Template file for 'R-cran-stringr'
+pkgname=R-cran-stringr
+version=1.2.0
+revision=1
+build_style=R-cran
+depends+=" R-cran-stringi R-cran-magrittr"
+makedepends+=" R-cran-stringi R-cran-magrittr"
+short_desc="Simple, Consistent Wrappers for Common String Operations"
+maintainer="Florian Wagner <florian@wagner-flo.net>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://stringr.tidyverse.org/"
+checksum=61d0b30768bbfd7c0bb89310e2de5b7b457ac504538acbcca50374b46b16129a