extract_tests: Extract tests from source
In testextra: Extract Test Blocks

Description Usage Arguments Details Examples

Use this function to extract tests from package source files. In-source testing blocks are contained in blocks that are prevented from running when sourced by an if(FALSE){...} statement. It also contains a documentation tag to denote a testing block.

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extract_tests(pkg = ".", filter = NULL,
  verbose = getOption("verbose", FALSE), full.path = NA,
  force = FALSE)

`pkg`	The root directory of the package.
`filter`	If specified, only tests from files matching this regular expression are extracted.
`verbose`	Print message?
`full.path`	Include full file paths in generated files. TRUE, indicates full path, FALSE, indicated only basename, and NA(default) implies path relative to `pkg`.
`force`	Force test extraction even if the generated test file is newer than the corresponding source file.

The first line of the block should look similar to

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    if(FALSE){#@testing [optional information]
    ...
    }

## Not run: 
# Extract all files
extract_tests('.')

# Extract only files that start with 'Class-' or 'class-'
extract_tests('.', filter="^[Cc]lass-.*\\.[Rr]$")

## End(Not run)