checkVector: Check if an argument is a vector

In checkmate: Fast and Versatile Argument Checks

Check if an argument is a vector

Description

Check if an argument is a vector

Usage

checkVector(
  x,
  strict = FALSE,
  any.missing = TRUE,
  all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL,
  min.len = NULL,
  max.len = NULL,
  unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL,
  null.ok = FALSE
)

check_vector(
  x,
  strict = FALSE,
  any.missing = TRUE,
  all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL,
  min.len = NULL,
  max.len = NULL,
  unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL,
  null.ok = FALSE
)

assertVector(
  x,
  strict = FALSE,
  any.missing = TRUE,
  all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL,
  min.len = NULL,
  max.len = NULL,
  unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL,
  null.ok = FALSE,
  .var.name = vname(x),
  add = NULL
)

assert_vector(
  x,
  strict = FALSE,
  any.missing = TRUE,
  all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL,
  min.len = NULL,
  max.len = NULL,
  unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL,
  null.ok = FALSE,
  .var.name = vname(x),
  add = NULL
)

testVector(
  x,
  strict = FALSE,
  any.missing = TRUE,
  all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL,
  min.len = NULL,
  max.len = NULL,
  unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL,
  null.ok = FALSE
)

test_vector(
  x,
  strict = FALSE,
  any.missing = TRUE,
  all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL,
  min.len = NULL,
  max.len = NULL,
  unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL,
  null.ok = FALSE
)

Arguments

x	[any] Object to check.
strict	[logical(1)] May the vector have additional attributes? If TRUE, mimics the behavior of is.vector. Default is FALSE which allows e.g. factors or data.frames to be recognized as vectors.
any.missing	[logical(1)] Are vectors with missing values allowed? Default is TRUE.
all.missing	[logical(1)] Are vectors with no non-missing values allowed? Default is TRUE. Note that empty vectors do not have non-missing values.
len	[integer(1)] Exact expected length of x.
min.len	[integer(1)] Minimal length of x.
max.len	[integer(1)] Maximal length of x.
unique	[logical(1)] Must all values be unique? Default is FALSE.
names	[character(1)] Check for names. See checkNamed for possible values. Default is “any” which performs no check at all. Note that you can use checkSubset to check for a specific set of names.
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.

Value

Depending on the function prefix: If the check is successful, the functions assertVector/assert_vector return x invisibly, whereas checkVector/check_vector and testVector/test_vector return TRUE. If the check is not successful, assertVector/assert_vector throws an error message, testVector/test_vector returns FALSE, and checkVector/check_vector return a string with the error message. The function expect_vector always returns an expectation.

See Also

Other basetypes: checkArray(), checkAtomic(), checkAtomicVector(), checkCharacter(), checkComplex(), checkDataFrame(), checkDate(), checkDouble(), checkEnvironment(), checkFactor(), checkFormula(), checkFunction(), checkInteger(), checkIntegerish(), checkList(), checkLogical(), checkMatrix(), checkNull(), checkNumeric(), checkPOSIXct(), checkRaw()

Other atomicvector: checkAtomic(), checkAtomicVector()

Examples

testVector(letters, min.len = 1L, any.missing = FALSE)

checkmate documentation built on Aug. 18, 2025, 5:36 p.m.