tests/testthat/test-select.R

test_that("col_select works", {
  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = 1,
      col_types = list()
    )),
    "model"
  )

  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = 1:3,
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c("model", "mpg", "cyl")
  )

  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = c(1, 5, 7),
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c("model", "hp", "wt")
  )

  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = c("model", "hp", "wt"),
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c("model", "hp", "wt")
  )

  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = c(model:cyl),
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c("model", "mpg", "cyl")
  )
})

test_that("col_select with negations works", {
  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = -1,
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c(
      "mpg",
      "cyl",
      "disp",
      "hp",
      "drat",
      "wt",
      "qsec",
      "vs",
      "am",
      "gear",
      "carb"
    )
  )

  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = -(1:3),
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c("disp", "hp", "drat", "wt", "qsec", "vs", "am", "gear", "carb")
  )

  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = -c(1, 5, 7),
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c("mpg", "cyl", "disp", "drat", "qsec", "vs", "am", "gear", "carb")
  )

  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = -c(model, hp, wt),
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c("mpg", "cyl", "disp", "drat", "qsec", "vs", "am", "gear", "carb")
  )
})

test_that("col_select with renaming", {
  expect_equal(
    colnames(vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      col_select = c(car = model, everything()),
      col_types = list()
    )),
    c(
      "car",
      "mpg",
      "cyl",
      "disp",
      "hp",
      "drat",
      "wt",
      "qsec",
      "vs",
      "am",
      "gear",
      "carb"
    )
  )
})

test_that("col_select works with vroom_fwf", {
  spec <- fwf_empty(test_path("fwf-trailing.txt"))

  expect_equal(
    colnames(
      vroom_fwf(
        test_path("fwf-trailing.txt"),
        spec,
        col_select = c(foo = X1, X2),
        col_types = list()
      )
    ),
    c("foo", "X2")
  )
})

test_that("col_select can select the id column", {
  expect_named(
    vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      id = "path",
      col_select = c(model, mpg, path),
      col_types = list()
    ),
    c("model", "mpg", "path")
  )

  expect_named(
    vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      id = "path",
      col_select = c(path, model, mpg),
      col_types = list()
    ),
    c("path", "model", "mpg")
  )
})

test_that("id column is automatically included in col_select (#416)", {
  expect_named(
    vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      id = "path",
      col_select = c(model, mpg),
      show_col_types = FALSE
    ),
    c("path", "model", "mpg")
  )
})

test_that("referencing columns by position in col_select works with id column (#455)", {
  expect_named(
    vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      id = "path",
      col_select = c(1:3),
      show_col_types = FALSE
    ),
    c("path", "model", "mpg", "cyl")
  )

  expect_named(
    vroom(
      vroom_example("mtcars.csv"),
      id = "path",
      col_select = c(1:3, 6:8),
      show_col_types = FALSE
    ),
    c("path", "model", "mpg", "cyl", "drat", "wt", "qsec")
  )
})

test_that("col_select works with col_names = FALSE", {
  res <- vroom(
    I("foo\tbar\n1\t2\n"),
    col_names = FALSE,
    col_select = 1,
    col_types = list()
  )
  expect_equal(res[[1]], c("foo", "1"))

  res2 <- vroom(
    I("foo\tbar\n1\t2\n"),
    col_names = FALSE,
    col_select = c(X2),
    col_types = list()
  )
  expect_equal(res2[[1]], c("bar", "2"))
})

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