validateColumn: Validate whether a variable points to a certain existing...

In omopgenerics: Methods and Classes for the OMOP Common Data Model

Validate whether a variable points to a certain existing column in a table.

Description

Validate whether a variable points to a certain existing column in a table.

Usage

validateColumn(
  column,
  x,
  type = c("character", "date", "logical", "numeric", "integer"),
  validation = "error",
  null = FALSE,
  empty = TRUE,
  nm = deparse1(substitute(column), backtick = TRUE),
  call = parent.frame()
)

Arguments

column	Name of a column that you want to check exists in x table.
x	Table to check if the column exists.
type	Type of the column.
validation	How to perform validation: "error", "warning".
null	Whether NULL is accepted.
empty	Whether it can be empty.
nm	Name to use in error messages. Defaults to the expression supplied to column.
call	Call argument passed to cli functions.

Value

the validated name

Examples

x <- dplyr::tibble(a = 1, b = "xxx")

validateColumn("a", x, validation = "warning")
validateColumn("a", x, type = "character", validation = "warning")
validateColumn("a", x, type = "numeric", validation = "warning")
validateColumn("not_existing", x, type = "numeric", validation = "warning")

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