pip_rename: Rename a step

In pipeflow: Fast Interactive Data Analysis Pipelines

Rename a step

Description

Renames the selected step and updates dependency references in downstream steps.

Usage

pip_rename(x, from, to)

Arguments

x	A pipeflow pip
from	Existing step name
to	New step name

Value

The updated pipeline, invisibly.

Examples

p <- pip_new() |>
  pip_add("s1", \(x = 1) x) |>
  pip_add("s2", \(x = ~s1) x + 1)           # "s2" depends on "s1"

# Downstream dependency references are updated automatically
pip_rename(p, from = "s1", to = "load_data")
p

#' # Trying to rename to an existing step name raises an error:
try(pip_rename(p, "load_data", to = "s2"))  # step 's2' already exists!

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