addSuffix {campsismod}

Generic function to add a suffix to various objects like parameters, code records, compartment names or a model (all previous objects at the same time). This makes it an extremely powerful function to combine 2 models or more (using function 'add'), that have similar equation, parameter or compartment names.

Description

Generic function to add a suffix to various objects like parameters, code records, compartment names or a model (all previous objects at the same time). This makes it an extremely powerful function to combine 2 models or more (using function 'add'), that have similar equation, parameter or compartment names.

Usage

addSuffix(object, suffix, separator = NULL, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'parameters,character,character'
addSuffix(object, suffix, separator = NULL, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'code_records,character,character'
addSuffix(object, suffix, separator = NULL, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'code_record,character,character'
addSuffix(object, suffix, separator = NULL, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'compartments,character,character'
addSuffix(object, suffix, separator = NULL, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'campsis_model,character,character'
addSuffix(object, suffix, separator = NULL, ...)

Arguments

object

generic object

suffix

suffix to be appended, single character value

separator

separator to use before the suffix, default is the underscore

...

extra arguments like 'model' if the changes need to be reflected in the model

Value

updated object of the same class as the provided object, unless 'model' was specified, in that case the model is returned