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Can QR codes be generated in R? Is there is a package that allows it?
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QR stands for "Quick Response." While they may look simple, QR codes are capable of storing lots of data.
Basically, the Reed Solomon method is an algorithm that all QR code readers have built-in as standard. It allows QR codes to be scanned even if a certain amount of the QR code is covered up or blocked.
You can create a QR code using a QR generator or by selecting the "Share" option in the Google Chrome mobile app. QR codes have a variety of uses, for both personal and professional means. QR codes can direct people to a specific website, or an uploaded image or document.
In R, we can create QR code by using qrcode_gen function of qrcode package. Creating a QR code for tutorialspoint:
What is a QR Code generator? It is a niche tool that is used to generate different types of QR Codes. Depending on your purpose, you can use our generator to create QR Codes to open a website, view a PDF file, listen to music, watch Youtube videos, store image files, connect to a WiFi network, and much more. Explore the different types here.
It would be advantageous to include an email address or a website link as a QR code in the PDF reports generated with R markdown before you share with collaborators. In order to include the QR code in the header of the PDF report, first I will create a QR code and save as PNG file.
With a custom QR code, you can direct customers and clients instantly to your website in seconds. Cut down the time people would take to type your URL on their mobile screens. Lower their chances of getting your website address wrong. Launch Canva.
There's also a CRAN package called qrcode now.
check this: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/qrcode/index.html
usage is a as simple as it gets:
library(qrcode)
qrcode_gen('www.r-project.org')
Now on CRAN
You can use the qrencoder package - https://github.com/hrbrmstr/qrencoder - to do this. It begs the question: "Why?", though 😎
par(mar=c(0,0,0,0))
image(qrencode_raster("http://rud.is/b"),
asp=1, col=c("white", "black"), axes=FALSE,
xlab="", ylab="")
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