checkScalar: Check if an argument is a single atomic value
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checkScalar

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Check if an argument is a single atomic value

Description

Check if an argument is a single atomic value

Usage

checkScalar(x, na.ok = FALSE, null.ok = FALSE)

check_scalar(x, na.ok = FALSE, null.ok = FALSE)

assertScalar(
  x,
  na.ok = FALSE,
  null.ok = FALSE,
  .var.name = vname(x),
  add = NULL
)

assert_scalar(
  x,
  na.ok = FALSE,
  null.ok = FALSE,
  .var.name = vname(x),
  add = NULL
)

testScalar(x, na.ok = FALSE, null.ok = FALSE)

test_scalar(x, na.ok = FALSE, null.ok = FALSE)

expect_scalar(x, na.ok = FALSE, null.ok = FALSE, info = NULL, label = vname(x))

Arguments

`x`	[any] Object to check.
`na.ok`	[`logical(1)`] Are missing values allowed? Default is `FALSE`.
`null.ok`	[`logical(1)`] If set to `TRUE`, `x` may also be `NULL`. In this case only a type check of `x` is performed, all additional checks are disabled.
`.var.name`	[`character(1)`] Name of the checked object to print in assertions. Defaults to the heuristic implemented in `vname`.
`add`	[`AssertCollection`] Collection to store assertion messages. See `AssertCollection`.
`info`	[`character(1)`] Extra information to be included in the message for the testthat reporter. See `expect_that`.
`label`	[`character(1)`] Name of the checked object to print in messages. Defaults to the heuristic implemented in `vname`.

Details

This function does not distinguish between NA, NA_integer_, NA_real_, NA_complex_ NA_character_ and NaN.

Value

Depending on the function prefix: If the check is successful, the functions assertScalar/assert_scalar return x invisibly, whereas checkScalar/check_scalar and testScalar/test_scalar return TRUE. If the check is not successful, assertScalar/assert_scalar throws an error message, testScalar/test_scalar returns FALSE, and checkScalar/check_scalar return a string with the error message. The function expect_scalar always returns an expectation.