assert_number {assertions}

Assert input is a number

Description

A number is a length 1 numeric vector. Numbers can be either integers or doubles.

Usage

assert_number(x, msg = NULL, call = rlang::caller_env(), arg_name = NULL)

Arguments

x

An object

msg

A character string containing the error message to display if x is not a number

call

Only relevant when pooling assertions into multi-assertion helper functions. See cli_abort for details.

arg_name

Advanced use only. Name of the argument passed (default: NULL, will automatically extract arg_name).

Value

invisible(TRUE) if x is a number, otherwise aborts with the error message specified by msg

Examples

assert_number(2) # Passes
try({
assert_number(c(2, 3)) # Throws default error
assert_number("a") # Throws default error
assert_number(c("a", 1, "b"), "Custom error message") # Throws custom error
})