expand_list {pkgmaker}

Expanding Lists

Description

expand_list expands a named list with a given set of default items, if these are not already in the list, partially matching their names.

Usage

expand_list(x, ..., .exact = TRUE, .names = !.exact)

expand_dots(..., .exclude = NULL)

Arguments

x

input list

...

extra named arguments defining the default items. A list of default values can also be passed as a a single unnamed argument.

.exact

logical that indicates if the names in x should be partially matched against the defaults.

.names

logical that only used when .exact=FALSE and indicates that the names of items in x that partially match some defaults should be expanded in the returned list.

.exclude

optional character vector of argument names to exclude from expansion.

Value

a list

Functions

• expand_dots(): expands the ... arguments of the function in which it is called with default values, using expand_list. It can only be called from inside a function.

Examples

expand_list(list(a=1, b=2), c=3)
expand_list(list(a=1, b=2, c=4), c=3)
# with a list
expand_list(list(a=1, b=2), list(c=3, d=10))
# no partial match
expand_list(list(a=1, b=2, c=5), cd=3)
# partial match with names expanded
expand_list(list(a=1, b=2, c=5), cd=3, .exact=FALSE)
# partial match without expanding names
expand_list(list(a=1, b=2, c=5), cd=3, .exact=FALSE, .names=FALSE)

# works also inside a function to expand a call with default arguments
f <- function(...){
	cl  <- match.call()
	expand_list(cl, list(a=3, b=4), .exact=FALSE)
}
f()
f(c=1)
f(a=2)
f(c=1, a=2)

# expanding dot arguments

f <- function(...){ 
	expand_dots(list(a=2, bcd='a', xxx=20), .exclude='xxx') 
}

# add default value for all arguments 
f()
# add default value for `bcd` only
f(a=10)
# expand names
f(a=10, b=4)