The error is pointing you to 4:30, which is line 4 character 30. If you look at that, you have typed "" instead of ". As such, you have a new string opened which is never closed.
Chris ________________________________ From: R-package-devel <[email protected]> on behalf of Spencer Graves <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 8, 2025 7:42 PM To: R-pkg devel <[email protected]> Subject: [R-pkg-devel] CITATION problem Hello, All: I'm getting "Warning: Invalid citation information in �inst/CITATION�: Error in parse(con): 4:30: unexpected INCOMPLETE_STRING 11: ) 12: ^"[1] with my new package " sbgraves237/SS4Maddison" on GitHub.[2] I may be foolish to bother with this, but a CITATION file is suggested in Section 8.2 of Wickham and Bryan, R Packages, and I'm dutifully trying to do what they suggest. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Spencer Graves [1] This Warning appears in GitHub actions for this package, e.g.: https://github.com/sbgraves237/SS4Maddison/actions/runs/17565658799/job/49891987005 [2] GitHub sbgraves237/SSMaddison: https://github.com/sbgraves237/SS4Maddison ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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