edit_toml: Edit a toml file by providing a dataframe replacement

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Edit a toml file by providing a dataframe replacement

Description

Users can use edit_toml() to edit a toml file (should they opt not to use a text editor) by providing a dataframe of the desired contents. The function will check the dataframe for validity and then rewrite the toml file using the dataframe as a blueprint.

Usage

edit_toml(original_toml_path, new_toml_dataframe)

Arguments

original_toml_path	Path to the original toml file.
new_toml_dataframe	Dataframe of the new toml file contents with the following columns: type, name, order, skip_if_fail, created.

Value

invisible original toml file path to toml file

new_toml_dataframe

edit_toml() will check the dataframe for the following columns:

• type: The type of the toml file, a character that is either "strata" or "laminae"

• name: The character string that is the name of the stratum or lamina

• order: The numeric order of the stratum or lamina

• skip_if_fail: (if type == laminae) A logical indicating if the lamina should be skipped if it fails

• created: A valid date that is the day the stratum or lamina was created

Unexpected columns will be dropped, and edit_toml() will warn the user. If there are any missing columns, edit_toml() will return an error, stop and inform the user what is missing.

If there are duplicates in the order than strata will rewrite the order using its best guess.

usage

Users using this function will likely want to combine some of the other helpers in strata. This may looks something like this:

• User runs survey_tomls() to find all the toml files in the project

• User runs view_toml() to view the contents of the toml file and saves to an object, like original_toml or similiar

• User edits the original_toml object to their liking and saves as a new object, like new_toml.

• User runs edit_toml() with the path to the original toml and new_toml objects and can then use view_toml() to confirm the changes.

Examples

tmp <- fs::dir_create(fs::file_temp())
strata::build_quick_strata_project(tmp, 2, 3)
original_toml_path <- survey_tomls(tmp)[[1]]
original_toml <- view_toml(original_toml_path)
original_toml
new_toml <- original_toml |>
  dplyr::mutate(
    created = as.Date("2021-01-01")
  )
new_toml_path <- edit_toml(original_toml_path, new_toml)
view_toml(new_toml_path)
fs::dir_delete(tmp)

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