keep: Save something to an object

In MDMA: Mathijs Deen's Miscellaneous Auxiliaries

Save something to an object

Description

keep saves an object to a new object. This is useful if one wants to save an intermediate result when using pipes.

Usage

keep(object, name, pos = 1, envir = as.environment(pos), inherits = FALSE)

Arguments

object	the object that is to be saved into name.
name	the name of the new object, containing the value of object.
pos	where to do the assignment. See ?assign for more details.
envir	the environment to use. See ?assign for more details.
inherits	should the enclosing framss of the environment be inspected? See ?assign for more details.

Value

Upon saving object to name, the value of object is returned. This makes it suitable for pipes.

Author(s)

Mathijs Deen

Examples

mtcars |>
  lm(mpg ~  disp + hp, data = _) |>
  keep(lm.mpg_disp_hp) |>
  summary()

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