assert_type: Check Data Types

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Check Data Types

Description

Check Data Types

Usage

assert_type(x, expected, allow_empty = TRUE, allow_null = FALSE)

assert_scalar(x, expected)

assert_function(x)

Arguments

x	An object to be checked.
expected	A character string specifying the expected type. It must be one of "list", "atomic", "vector", "numeric", "integer", "double", "character" or "logical".
allow_empty	A logical scalar: should empty object be allowed?
allow_null	A logical scalar: should NULL object be ignored?

Value

Throws an error, if any, and returns x invisibly otherwise.

Author(s)

N. Frerebeau

See Also

Other checking methods: assert_constant(), assert_dim(), assert_empty(), assert_infinite(), assert_length(), assert_lower(), assert_missing(), assert_names(), assert_numeric, assert_package(), assert_square(), assert_unique()

arkhe documentation built on April 4, 2025, 2:34 a.m.