Check the current UniProt release — check_uniprot

UniProt releases are published approximately every 8 weeks. This function checks what the current UniProt release is.

check_uniprot_release()

Value

Returns a character, the current release number in the format YYYY_XX where YYYY is the calendar year and XX a 2-digit number that is incremented for each release of a given year, e.g. 2010_01, 2010_02, etc.

Examples

# print release number to console
check_uniprot_release()
#> [1] "2024_03"

# save release number and use in e.g. a file name
rls <- check_uniprot_release()

paste0("folder/filename_", rls, ".fasta")
#> [1] "folder/filename_2024_03.fasta"