[R] Tidyverse package error

[Ebert,Timothy Aaron]

The command should have worked, and that is sometimes a clue.
1) There are parts of tidyverse that are attached if tidyverse is installed and attached, and then there are parts that are not. You can find this in the documentation or ask someone like ChatGPT "what parts of tidyverse require a separate library() command and which ones work with only library(tidyverse)?"

2) Sometimes I have working code that suddenly does not work. Try making sure that all packages are using the latest version.


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From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Davis Willsie via R-help
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 4:19 PM
To: r-help using r-project.org
Subject: [R] Tidyverse package error

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I have the tidyverse and tidyr packages both installed and running on R studio and I even ran the library command, and it worked, but there's when I try and run a tidyverse command I get the error, Error in pivot_wider(BirthData, names_from = OSHPDID, values_form = Rate) :
could not find function "pivot_wider"
Which shouldn't be possible because I have Tidyverse installed, and it runs when I use the library function. I know that all of my inputs work because I've tested the code amongst my peers, who packages do work and the code works for them, just not for me. I believe it's an installation problem, is there anyway I can fix this error?
 Thank you!

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