open_parser: The open parser configuration

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The open parser configuration

Description

The lavaan model syntax parser can be extended with new operators, modifiers and groupings. These extensions are only used in the 'open' parser.

Usage

lav_parse_options(
    pkgname   = NULL,
    operators = NULL,
    modifiers = NULL,
    groupings  = NULL
  )

Arguments

pkgname	The name of the package that extends the elements.
operators	A character vector with new operators. These operators must start and end with a percentage sign and be at least 3 characters long.
modifiers	A data.frame with columns mod, side and expect. The elements in mod must be character strings in snake_case. The elements in side must be l or r, indicating whether the modifier is expected on the left-hand side or on the right-hand side of the operator. The elements in expect must be char, num or raw, specifying the type of value the modifier expects, where raw means the value is not evaluated by the parser but returned as an uninterpreted string.
groupings	A character vector with new groupings; they must be in snake_case.

Value

A list with data.frames containing the currently active parser configuration.

Examples

curconfig <- lav_parse_options("testPKG",
    operators = c('%w%', '%q%'),
    modifiers = data.frame(mod = c("linksc", "linksn", "rechtsn"),
                           side = c("l", "l", "r"),
                           expect = c("char", "num", "raw")),
    groupings = c("color", "colour")
)
for (j in seq_along(curconfig)) {
    cat(names(curconfig)[j], ":\n")
    print(curconfig[[j]])
}
model <- '
     ind60 =~ x1 + x2 + x3
     dem60 =~ y1 + a*y2 + start(0.3)*b*y3 + upper(0.99)*c*y4
     dem65 =~ y5 + a*y6 + b*y7 + rechtsn(2 * pi / 3)*c*y8
     dem60 %w% aa *0.2*y4

    dem60 ~ ind60
    dem65 ~ ind60 + dem60
    linksc("klopt") * dem60 =~ aaa * y8
    linksn(sqrt(23.5)) * dem60 =~ bbb * y9
    efa("efatje") * dem65 =~ xyz * x3

    y1 ~~ y5
    y2 ~~ y4 + y6
    y3 ~~ y7
    y4 ~~ y8
    y6 ~~ y8
'
print(result <- lavParseModelString(model, TRUE, parser = "open"))
print(attributes(result))

model2 <- '
  color: green
    level: 1
        fw =~ y1 + y2 + y3
        fw ~ x1 + x2 + x3
    level: 2
        fb =~ y1 + y2 + y3
        fb ~ w1 + w2
  color: blue
    level: 1
        fw =~ y1 + y2 + y3
        fw ~ x1 + x2 + x3
    level: 2
        fb =~ y1 + y2 + y3
        fb ~ w1 + w2
'
print(result2 <- lavParseModelString(model2, TRUE, parser = "open"))
print(attributes(result2))

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