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assert_list_of {admiraldev}

R Documentation

Is an Argument a List of Objects of a Specific S3 Class or Type?

Description

Checks if an argument is a list of objects inheriting from the S3 class or type specified.

Usage

assert_list_of(
  arg,
  cls,
  named = FALSE,
  optional = TRUE,
  arg_name = rlang::caller_arg(arg),
  message = NULL,
  class = "assert_list_of",
  call = parent.frame()
)

Arguments

`arg`	A function argument to be checked
`cls`	The S3 class or type to check for
`named`	If set to `TRUE`, an error is issued if not all elements of the list are named.
`optional`	Is the checked argument optional? If set to `FALSE` and `arg` is `NULL` then an error is thrown
`arg_name`	string indicating the label/symbol of the object being checked.
`message`	string passed to `cli::cli_abort(message)`. When `NULL`, default messaging is used (see examples for default messages). `"{arg_name}"` can be used in messaging.
`class`	Subclass of the condition.
`call`	The execution environment of a currently running function, e.g. `call = caller_env()`. The corresponding function call is retrieved and mentioned in error messages as the source of the error. You only need to supply `call` when throwing a condition from a helper function which wouldn't be relevant to mention in the message. Can also be `NULL` or a defused function call to respectively not display any call or hard-code a code to display. For more information about error calls, see Including function calls in error messages.

Value

The function throws an error if arg is not a list or if arg is a list but its elements are not objects inheriting from class or of type class. Otherwise, the input is returned invisibly.

Checks for valid input and returns warning or errors messages: assert_atomic_vector(), assert_character_scalar(), assert_character_vector(), assert_data_frame(), assert_date_vector(), assert_expr(), assert_expr_list(), assert_filter_cond(), assert_function(), assert_integer_scalar(), assert_list_element(), assert_logical_scalar(), assert_named(), assert_numeric_vector(), assert_one_to_one(), assert_param_does_not_exist(), assert_s3_class(), assert_same_type(), assert_symbol(), assert_unit(), assert_vars(), assert_varval_list()

Examples

example_fun <- function(list) {
  assert_list_of(list, "data.frame")
}

example_fun(list(mtcars, iris))

try(example_fun(list(letters, 1:10)))

try(example_fun(c(TRUE, FALSE)))

example_fun2 <- function(list) {
  assert_list_of(list, "numeric", named = TRUE)
}
try(example_fun2(list(1, 2, 3, d = 4)))