R/paletteer_dynamic.R

Defines functions paletteer_dynamic

Documented in paletteer_dynamic

#' Get dynamic palette by package and name
#'
#' Available package/palette combinations are available in the data.frame
#' \code{\link[paletteer]{palettes_dynamic_names}}.
#
#' @param palette Name of palette as a string. Must be on the form
#' packagename::palettename.
#' @param n Number of colors desired. If omitted, returns complete palette.
#' @param direction Either `1` or `-1`. If `-1` the palette will be reversed.
#' @return A vector of colors.
#' @examples
#' paletteer_dynamic("ggthemes_solarized::green", 8)
#' paletteer_dynamic("cartography::sand.pal", 20)
#' @export
paletteer_dynamic <- function(palette, n, direction = 1) {
  if (abs(direction) != 1) {
    abort("`direction` must be 1 or -1.")
  }

  if (missing(n)) {
    abort("`n` not found. Please supply the number of colors you want returned.")
  }

  palette <- try(palette, silent = TRUE)
  if (inherits(palette, "try-error")) {
    palette <- attr(palette, "condition")$message
    palette <- sub("^.*?\"", "", palette)
    palette <- sub("\".*$", "", palette)
  }

  check_palette(palette, dym_names)

  palette <- unlist(strsplit(palette, "::"))

  pal <- paletteer::palettes_dynamic[[palette]]

  if (n > length(pal)) {
    abort(paste("Number of requested colors greater than this palette can offer which is ",
      length(pal), ".",
      sep = ""
    ))
  }

  if (direction == -1) {
    prismatic::color(rev(pal[[n]]))
  } else {
    prismatic::color(pal[[n]])
  }
}

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paletteer documentation built on May 29, 2024, 11:21 a.m.