get_var: Retrive the value of the variable

In configulaR: Manage Application Settings via '.env' or '.ini' Files

Retrive the value of the variable

Description

Get a variable from, in order of priority, environment variable, .env or settings.ini, or default values. Data type can be cast to boolean or integer.

Usage

get_var(
  config = NULL,
  var_name = NULL,
  path = NULL,
  default = structure("UNDEFINED_", class = "UNDEFINED_"),
  cast = NULL
)

Arguments

config	an object returned by the init_config function. If NULL, the config will be evaluated from the path argument.
var_name	the variable of interest
path	the path from where config files are searched for. If NULL,the current directory will be considered as default.
default	a default value
cast	Either a function or a type of cast. Currently implemented options are 'integer', 'boolean' or 'float'.

Value

The value associated to the config variable. The type depends on the cast argument. Default is string.

Examples

config <- get_config()
get_var(config, "test", default = "yes", cast = "bool")

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