R/meta-chk.R

In meta: General Package for Meta-Analysis

## Auxiliary functions to check function arguments
##
## Package: meta
## Author: Guido Schwarzer <guido.schwarzer@uniklinik-freiburg.de>
## License: GPL (>= 2)
##

chkchar <- function(x, length = 0, name = NULL, nchar = NULL, single = FALSE) {
  if (!missing(single) && single)
    length <- 1
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (length && length(x) != length) {
    if (length == 1)
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a character string.",
           call. = FALSE)
    else
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a character vector of length ",
           length, ".",
           call. = FALSE)
  }
  ##
  if (length == 1) {
    if (!is.null(nchar) && !(nchar(x) %in% nchar))
      if (length(nchar) == 1 && nchar == 1)
        stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a single character.",
             call. = FALSE)
      else
        stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a character string of length ",
             if (length(nchar) == 2)
               paste0(nchar, collapse = " or ")
             else
               paste0(nchar, collapse = ", "),
             ".",
             call. = FALSE)
  }
  ##
  if (!is.character(x))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a character vector.")
  else {
    if (!is.null(nchar) & any(!(nchar(x) %in% nchar)))
      if (length(nchar) == 1 && nchar == 1)
        stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a vector of single characters.",
             call. = FALSE)
      else
        stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a character vector where ",
             "each element has ",
             if (length(nchar) == 2)
               paste0(nchar, collapse = " or ")
             else
               paste0(nchar, collapse = ", "),
             " characters.",
             call. = FALSE)
  }
}

chkclass <- function(x, class, name = NULL) {
  ##
  ## Check class of R object
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  n.class <- length(class)
  if (n.class == 1)
    text.class <- paste0('"', class, '"')
  else if (n.class == 2)
    text.class <- paste0('"', class, '"', collapse = " or ")
  else
    text.class <- paste0(paste0('"', class[-n.class], '"', collapse = ", "),
                    ', or ', '"', class[n.class], '"')
  ##
  if (!inherits(x, class))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be an object of class ", text.class, ".",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chkcolor <- function(x, length = 0, name = NULL, single = FALSE) {
  if (!missing(single) && single)
    length <- 1
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (length && length(x) != length)
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must must be a character or ",
         "numeric vector of length ", length, ".",
         call. = FALSE)
  else if (!(is.character(x) || is.numeric(x)))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a character or numeric vector.",
         call. = FALSE)
}

chkfunc <- function(x, name = NULL) {
  ##
  ## Check whether argument is a function
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (!is.null(x) && !is.function(x))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a function.", call. = FALSE)
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chklength <- function(x, k.all, fun = "", text, name = NULL) {
  ##
  ## Check length of vector
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (length(x) != k.all) {
    funcs <- c("metabin", "metacont", "metacor",
               "metagen", "metainc", "metamean",
               "metaprop", "metarate",
               "funnel", "forest.meta")
    args <- c("event.e", "n.e", "cor",
              "TE", "event.e", "n",
              "event", "event",
              "TE", "TE")
    ##
    idx <- charmatch(fun, funcs, nomatch = NA)
    if (!is.na(idx))
      argname <- args[idx]
    else
      argname <- fun
    ##
    if (missing(text))
      stop("Arguments '", argname, "' and '", name,
           "' must have the same length.",
           call. = FALSE)
    else
      stop(text, call. = FALSE)
  }
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chklevel <- function(x, length = 0, ci = TRUE, name = NULL, single = FALSE) {
  if (!missing(single) && single)
    length <- 1
  ##
  ## Check for levels of confidence interval / contour level
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  if (ci)
    "level for confidence interval (range: 0-1)"
  else
    "contour levels (range: 0-1)"
  ##
  if (!is.numeric(x))
    if (length && length(x) != length)
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a numeric of length ", length, ".",
         call. = FALSE)
    else
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be numeric.",
           call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (length && length(x) != length)
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a numeric of length ", length, ".",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (any(x <= 0, na.rm = TRUE) | any(x >= 1, na.rm = TRUE))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a numeric between 0 and 1.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chklist <- function(x, name = NULL) {
  ##
  ## Check whether argument is a list
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (!is.null(x) && !is.list(x))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a list.", call. = FALSE)
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chklogical <- function(x, name = NULL) {
  ##
  ## Check whether argument is logical
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (is.numeric(x))
    x <- as.logical(x)
  ##
  if (length(x) !=  1 || !is.logical(x) || is.na(x))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a logical.", call. = FALSE)
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chkmiss <- function(x, name = NULL) {
  ##
  ## Check for missing values
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (anyNA(x))
    stop("Missing values in argument '", name, "'.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chknull <- function(x, name = NULL) {
  ##
  ## Check whether argument is NULL
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  if (is.null(x))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' is NULL.", call. = FALSE)
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

chknumeric <- function(x, min, max, zero = FALSE, length = 0,
                       name = NULL, single = FALSE, integer = FALSE) {
  if (!missing(single) && single)
    length <- 1
  ##
  ## Check numeric variable
  ##
  if (is.null(name))
    name <- deparse(substitute(x))
  ##
  x <- x[!is.na(x)]
  if (length(x) == 0)
    return(NULL)
  ##
  if (!is.numeric(x))
    stop("Non-numeric value for argument '", name, "'.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (length && length(x) != length)
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be a numeric of length ", length, ".",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (!missing(min) & missing(max)) {
    if (zero & min == 0 & any(x <= min, na.rm = TRUE))
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be positive.",
           call. = FALSE)
    else if (any(x < min, na.rm = TRUE))
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be larger equal ",
           min, ".", call. = FALSE)
  }
  ##
  if (missing(min) & !missing(max)) {
    if (zero & max == 0 & any(x >= max, na.rm = TRUE))
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be negative.",
           call. = FALSE)
    else if (any(x > max, na.rm = TRUE))
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be smaller equal ",
           min, ".", call. = FALSE)
  }
  ##
  if ((!missing(min) & !missing(max)) &&
      (any(x < min, na.rm = TRUE) | any(x > max, na.rm = TRUE)))
    stop("Argument '", name, "' must be between ",
         min, " and ", max, ".", call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (integer && any(!is_wholenumber(x))) {
    if (length(x) == 1)
      stop("Argument '", name, "' must be an integer.",
           call. = FALSE)
    else
      stop("Argument '", name, "' may only contain integers.",
           call. = FALSE)
  }
  ##
  invisible(NULL)
}

argid <- function(x, value) {
  if (any(x == value))
    res <- seq(along = x)[x == value]
  else
    res <- NA
  res
}

chkdeprecated <- function(x, new, old, warn = TRUE) {
  depr <- !is.na(argid(x, old))
  new.given <- !is.na(argid(x, new))
  ##
  if (depr & warn) {
    if (new.given)
      warning("Deprecated argument '", old, "' ignored as ",
              "'", new, "' is also provided, see help(meta).",
              call. = FALSE)
    else
      warning("Use argument '", new, "' instead of '",
              old, "' (deprecated), see help(meta).",
              call. = FALSE)
  }
  ##
  invisible(depr)
}

chkglmm <- function(sm, method.tau, method.random.ci, method.predict,
                    adhoc.hakn.ci, adhoc.hakn.pi,
                    sm.allowed) {
  
  if (!(sm %in% sm.allowed))
    stop("Generalised linear mixed models only possible with ",
         "argument 'sm = \"", paste0(sm.allowed, collapse = ", "), "\"'.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (method.tau != "ML")
    stop("Generalised linear mixed models only possible with ",
         "argument 'method.tau = \"ML\"'.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (any(method.random.ci == "KR"))
    stop("Kenward-Roger method for random effects meta-analysis not ",
         "available for GLMMs.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (any(method.random.ci == "HK" & adhoc.hakn.ci != ""))
    stop("Hartung-Knapp method with ad hoc correction not ",
         "available for GLMMs.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (any(method.predict == "KR"))
    stop("Kenward-Roger method for prediction interval not ",
         "available for GLMMs.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (any(method.predict == "NNF"))
    stop("Bootstrap method for prediction interval not ",
         "available for GLMMs.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (any(method.predict == "HK")) 
    stop("Hartung-Knapp method for prediction interval not ",
         "available for GLMMs; use 'method.predict = \"HTS\".",
         call. = FALSE)

  return(invisible(NULL))
}

chkmlm <- function(method.tau, missing.method.tau,
                   method.predict,
                   by, tau.common, missing.tau.common,
                   method = "Inverse", missing.method = FALSE) {
  
  if (method != "Inverse" & !missing.method)
    warning("Inverse variance method used in three-level model.",
            call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (!(method.tau %in% c("REML", "ML")) & !missing.method.tau)
    warning("For three-level model, argument 'method.tau' set to ",
            "\"REML\".",
            call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (any(method.predict == "NNF"))
    stop("Bootstrap method for prediction interval not ",
         "available for three-level models.",
         call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (by & !tau.common & !missing.tau.common)
    warning("For three-level model, argument 'tau.common' set to ",
            "\"TRUE\".",
            call. = FALSE)
  
  return(invisible(NULL))
}

chksuitable <- function(x, method,
                        classes =
                          c("metacum", "metainf",
                            "netpairwise"),
                        addtext = NULL,
                        check.mlm = TRUE) {
  if (missing(addtext)) {
    addtext <- rep("", length(classes))
    addtext[classes == "netpairwise"] <-
      " without argument 'separate = TRUE'"
  }
  ##
  for (i in seq_along(classes))
    if (inherits(x, classes[i]))
      stop(method, " not suitable for an object of class \"",
           classes[i], "\"", addtext[i], ".",
           call. = FALSE)
  ##
  if (check.mlm)
    if (!is.null(x$three.level) && any(x$three.level))
      stop(method, " not implemented for three-level model.",
           call. = FALSE)
  ##
  return(invisible(NULL))
}