tib_spec: Create a field specification

In tibblify: Rectangle Nested Lists

Create a field specification

Description

Use the ⁠tib_*()⁠ functions to specify how to process the fields of an object.

Usage

tib_scalar(
  .key,
  .ptype,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = .ptype,
  .transform = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  ptype = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated()
)

tib_vector(
  .key,
  .ptype,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = .ptype,
  .transform = NULL,
  .elt_transform = NULL,
  .input_form = c("vector", "scalar_list", "object"),
  .values_to = NULL,
  .names_to = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  ptype = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated(),
  elt_transform = deprecated(),
  input_form = deprecated(),
  values_to = deprecated(),
  names_to = deprecated()
)

tib_unspecified(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated()
)

tib_lgl(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = logical(),
  .transform = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated()
)

tib_int(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = integer(),
  .transform = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated()
)

tib_dbl(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = double(),
  .transform = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated()
)

tib_chr(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = character(),
  .transform = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated()
)

tib_date(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = vctrs::new_date(),
  .transform = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated()
)

tib_chr_date(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .format = "%Y-%m-%d",
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  format = deprecated()
)

tib_lgl_vec(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = logical(),
  .transform = NULL,
  .elt_transform = NULL,
  .input_form = c("vector", "scalar_list", "object"),
  .values_to = NULL,
  .names_to = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated(),
  elt_transform = deprecated(),
  input_form = deprecated(),
  values_to = deprecated(),
  names_to = deprecated()
)

tib_int_vec(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = integer(),
  .transform = NULL,
  .elt_transform = NULL,
  .input_form = c("vector", "scalar_list", "object"),
  .values_to = NULL,
  .names_to = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated(),
  elt_transform = deprecated(),
  input_form = deprecated(),
  values_to = deprecated(),
  names_to = deprecated()
)

tib_dbl_vec(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = double(),
  .transform = NULL,
  .elt_transform = NULL,
  .input_form = c("vector", "scalar_list", "object"),
  .values_to = NULL,
  .names_to = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated(),
  elt_transform = deprecated(),
  input_form = deprecated(),
  values_to = deprecated(),
  names_to = deprecated()
)

tib_chr_vec(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = character(),
  .transform = NULL,
  .elt_transform = NULL,
  .input_form = c("vector", "scalar_list", "object"),
  .values_to = NULL,
  .names_to = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated(),
  elt_transform = deprecated(),
  input_form = deprecated(),
  values_to = deprecated(),
  names_to = deprecated()
)

tib_date_vec(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .ptype_inner = vctrs::new_date(),
  .transform = NULL,
  .elt_transform = NULL,
  .input_form = c("vector", "scalar_list", "object"),
  .values_to = NULL,
  .names_to = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  ptype_inner = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated(),
  elt_transform = deprecated(),
  input_form = deprecated(),
  values_to = deprecated(),
  names_to = deprecated()
)

tib_chr_date_vec(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .input_form = c("vector", "scalar_list", "object"),
  .values_to = NULL,
  .names_to = NULL,
  .format = "%Y-%m-%d",
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  input_form = deprecated(),
  values_to = deprecated(),
  names_to = deprecated(),
  format = deprecated()
)

tib_variant(
  .key,
  ...,
  .required = TRUE,
  .fill = NULL,
  .transform = NULL,
  .elt_transform = NULL,
  key = deprecated(),
  required = deprecated(),
  fill = deprecated(),
  transform = deprecated(),
  elt_transform = deprecated()
)

tib_recursive(.key, ..., .children, .children_to = .children, .required = TRUE)

tib_row(.key, ..., .required = TRUE)

tib_df(.key, ..., .required = TRUE, .names_to = NULL)

Arguments

.key, key	(character) The path of names to the field in the object.
.ptype, ptype	(vector(0)) A prototype of the desired output type of the field.
...	These dots are for future extensions and must be empty.
.required, required	(logical(1)) Throw an error if the field does not exist?
.fill, fill	(vector or NULL) Optionally, a value to use if the field does not exist. Note: this value must match the .ptype_inner of the field (the value before any transformation), not the .ptype.
.ptype_inner, ptype_inner	(vector(0)) A prototype of the input field.
.transform, transform	(function or NULL) A function to apply to the whole vector after casting to .ptype_inner.
.elt_transform, elt_transform	(function or NULL) A function to apply to each element before casting to .ptype_inner.
.input_form, input_form	(character(1)) The structure of the input field. Can be one of: "vector": The field is a vector, e.g. c(1, 2, 3). "scalar_list": The field is a list of scalars, e.g. list(1, 2, 3). "object": The field is a named list of scalars, e.g. list(a = 1, b = 2, c = 3).
.values_to, values_to	(character(1) or NULL) For NULL (the default), the field is converted to a .ptype vector. If a string is provided, the field is converted to a tibble and the values go into the specified column.
.names_to, names_to	(character(1) or NULL) What to do with the inner names of the object. Can be one of: NULL: the default. The inner names of the field are not used. A string: Use only if the input form is "object" or "vector", and .values_to is a string. The inner names of the field will populate the specified column in the field's tibble.
.format, format	(character(1) or NULL) Passed to the format argument of as.Date().
.children	(character(1)) The name of the field that contains the children.
.children_to	(character(1)) The column name in which to store the children.

Details

There are five families of ⁠tib_*()⁠ functions:

• tib_scalar(.ptype): Cast each instance of the field to a length-one vector of type .ptype. Inside tspec_df(), this results in a column of the specified .ptype.

• tib_vector(.ptype): Cast each instance of the field to an arbitrary length vector of type .ptype. Inside tspec_df(), this results in a list column of vectors of the specified .ptype.

• tib_variant(): Cast each instance of the field to a list. Inside tspec_df(), this results in a list column of lists.

• tib_row(): Cast each instance of the field to a 1-row tibble. Inside tspec_df(), this results in a list column of 1-row tibbles.

• tib_df(): Cast each instance of the field to a tibble. Inside tspec_df(), this results in a list column of tibbles (each of which can have multiple rows).

  There are some special shortcuts of tib_scalar() and tib_vector() for the most common prototypes:

• logical(): tib_lgl() and tib_lgl_vec()

• integer(): tib_int() and tib_int_vec()

• double(): tib_dbl() and tib_dbl_vec()

• character(): tib_chr() and tib_chr_vec()

• Date: tib_date() and tib_date_vec()

  Further, there are special shortcuts for dates encoded as character: tib_chr_date() and tib_chr_date_vec().

  There are two other ⁠tib_*()⁠ functions for special cases:

• tib_recursive(): Cast each instance of the field to a tibble, within which columns can themselves contain the same sorts of tibble, etc. Inside tspec_df(), this results in a list column of tibbles, each row of which can itself contain a tibble, etc. This is intended for structures such as a directory tree.

• tib_unspecified(): Tag a field in the object as unspecified. The unspecified argument of tibblify() controls how such fields are handled. If you are constructing a specification manually (as opposed to using guess_tspec()), you should most likely specify such columns with tib_variant(), or leave them out of the spec entirely.

Value

A tibblify field collector. This specification can be used with tspec_df() or another ⁠tspec_*()⁠ function to specify how to process an object.

Examples

tib_int("int")
tib_int("int", .required = FALSE, .fill = 0)

# This is essentially how `tib_chr_date()` is implemented.
tib_scalar(
  "date",
  Sys.Date(),
  .transform = function(x) as.Date(x, format = "%Y-%m-%d")
)

tib_df(
  "data",
  .names_to = "id",
  age = tib_int("age"),
  name = tib_chr("name")
)

tibblify documentation built on May 9, 2026, 5:07 p.m.