parseArgStrings: Process Command Line Arguments

In caroline: A Collection of Database, Data Structure, Visualization, and Utility Functions for R

Process Command Line Arguments

Description

generic function for parsing delimited lists from BATCH mode argument strings.

Usage

parseArgString(string, delimiter=',', min.param.ct=2, max.param.ct=2, param.range=NULL)

Arguments

string	string to parse.
delimiter	how the string is delmited into a vector.
min.param.ct	minimum number of parameters in the vector.
max.param.ct	maximum number of parameters in the vector.
param.range	the range of the parameter values.

Value

a vector or value that has been check for validity

Examples

## passes
parseArgString('apple,banana,pear', param.range=c("apple","banana","pear","pineapple"))
parseArgString('1,2,3', param.range=c(1,4))


## fails
## Not run: 
parseArgString('apple,banana,pear', param.range=c("apple","banana"))
parseArgString('1,2,3', param.range=c(1,2))

## End(Not run)

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