Sequential Scripts

In ptspotter: Helper Functions for Use with "ProjectTemplate"

knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)
knitr::opts_knit$set(root.dir = tempdir())

library(ptspotter)

Creating File Sequences

Use seq_file_ops() to quickly produce sequential scripts.

# old_wd <- setwd(tempdir())

# create a folder with some sequentially labelled scripts
seq_file_ops(n = 10, target_dir = "munge", filetype = "R")

# take a peek to confirm
list.files("munge")

Adjusting File Sequences

During your work, as the program you are writing grows it may become necessary to separate code from one script into two or more. This could involve some laborious manual renumbering of the sequential scripts within the munge directory.

Instead, we can use adj_file_nos() to make room for our new script(s). In the following example, I will need to add just one more single script. I achieve this by leaving the step and action parameters as their default values. I need to insert the new script at "02-.R".

adj_file_nos(target = 2, directory = "munge")

list.files("munge")

Now I can create a new file at "02-.R" without needing to manually relabel anything.

file.create("munge/02-.R")

list.files("munge")

Your customer has changed their mind about a feature, meaning all your hard work on scripts "06-.R" to "08-.R" are no longer required. Let's delete those scripts.

rm_these <- c("06-.R", "07-.R", "08-.R")
file.remove(paste("munge", rm_these, sep = "/"))
list.files("munge")

Now there is a gap in the sequence. To fix this could involve more laborious relabelling. Instead, let's use adj_file_nos() to correct the sequence.

adj_file_nos(target = 9, directory = "munge", action = "down", step = 3)
list.files("munge")

Much better!

unlink("munge", recursive = TRUE)

ptspotter documentation built on Aug. 13, 2023, 5:06 p.m.