parse_R_helpers {TKCat}

Parse source code to get R helpers

Description

Parse source code to get R helpers

Usage

parse_R_helpers(code, ...)

Arguments

code

the source code as a character vector

...

other objects to add in the environment of the returned functions

Details

Functions in code must be documented with roxygen2::roxygen2-package tags and only functions with the '@export' tag are returned.

Value

A list of functions from code plus an "help" function used to get function documentation.

Examples

{

code <- "
   a <- 2
   #' Set the 'a' value to use in the add_a function
   #' 
   #' @param v a numeric value
   #' 
   #' @return Does not return anything
   #' 
   #' @export
   set_a <- function(v) a <<- v
   
   #' Add a 'a' value defined separately
   #' 
   #' @param x a numeric value
   #' 
   #' @return x + a
   #' 
   #' @export
   add_a <- function(x) x + a
   
   #' Add a 'a' value defined separately to a b value made available
   #' in environment
   #' 
   #' 
   #' @return b + a
   #' 
   #' @export
   add_a_to_b <- function() b + a
"
helpers <- parse_R_helpers(code, b=3)
helpers$help()
helpers$help("add_a")
helpers$add_a(3.5)
helpers$set_a(4)
helpers$add_a(3.5)
helpers$add_a_to_b()
helpers <- parse_R_helpers(code, b=6)
helpers$add_a_to_b()

}