R Markdown cannot get RStudio Version - error message in knit

Question

I have the following line in my R Markdown code chunk RStudio.Version()$version

when I run the knit on the R Markdown to create a Word document, I get the following error message:

Error in RStudio.Version(): could not find function "RStudio.Version"

When I run this function RStudio.Version() in RStudio console, I get the version and the function runs, but not with knit when I run R Markdown.

Anyone has an advice or solution?

Answer 1

I was able to replicate your issue running RStudio.Version() while knitting. As Phil suggests, rstudioapi::versionInfo() seems the best alternative while knitting.