check_data_names: Check input data set names against model parameters

In mrgsolve: Simulate from ODE-Based Models

Check input data set names against model parameters

Description

Use this function to check names of input data sets against parameters that have been assigned different tags. Assignment is made in the model specification file. This is useful to alert the user to misspelled or otherwise misspecified parameter names in input data sets. See param_tags() for information on associating tags with parameters.

Usage

check_data_names(
  data,
  x,
  check_covariates = TRUE,
  check_inputs = TRUE,
  tags = NULL,
  mode = c("warn", "error", "inform"),
  silent = FALSE
)

Arguments

data	a data frame or other object with names to check.
x	a model object.
check_covariates	logical; if TRUE, check data for parameter names carrying the covariates tag.
check_inputs	logical; if TRUE, check data for parameter names carrying the input tag.
tags	a character vector of user-defined parameter tags to require in data; this may be a comma- or space-separated string (e.g. "tag1,tag2").
mode	the default is to "warn" the user when data is missing some expected column names; alternatively, use "error" to issue an error or "inform" to generate a message when data is missing some expected column names.
silent	silences message on successful check.

Details

By default, data will be checked for parameters with the covariates or input tags; these checks can be bypassed with the check_covariates and check_inputs arguments. When a parameter name is missing from data the user will be warned by default. Use mode = "error" to generate an error instead of a warning and use mode = "inform" to simply be informed. When the user has not tagged any parameters for checking, there will either be a warning (default) or an error (when mode = "error").

It is an error to request a parameter tag via the tags argument when that tag is not found in the model.

It is an error to call check_data_names when no parameters have been tagged in the model specification file (see param_tags()).

Value

A logical value is returned; TRUE if all expected parameters were found and FALSE otherwise.

See Also

param_tags()

Examples

mod <- mcode("ex-cdn", "$PARAM @input \n CL = 1, KA = 2", compile = FALSE)

param(mod)

# Coding mistake!
data <- expand.evd(amt = 100, cl = 2, KA = 5)

check_data_names(data, mod)

try(check_data_names(data, mod, mode = "error"))

check_data_names(data, mod, mode = "inform")

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