[R] Tidyverse package error

[John Kane]

values_form = Rate

should be values_from

If this is just a typo in the post,
could you copy and post your code here?

On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 at 09:29, Ebert,Timothy Aaron <tebert using ufl.edu> wrote:

> 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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> via R-help
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 4:19 PM
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> 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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-- 
John Kane
Kingston ON Canada

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