makeFigName: Create a file name.

In ComputationalProteomicsUnit/cputools: Various helper functions

Description

Creates a file name given a prefix and other optional paramters for a figure or data file. Also checks if file exists.

Usage

makeFigName(prefix, ext = "pdf", prefix0 = "Fig", date = TRUE,
  path = ".")

makeDatName(prefix, ext = "rda", prefix0 = "Dat", date = TRUE,
  path = ".")

Arguments

prefix	A file specific prefix.
ext	The extension; default is pdf for a figure and rda for a data file.
prefix0	The general prefix for figures. Default is Fig for a figure and Dat for a data file.
date	Should the data (as reported by date) be used as part of the file name? Default is TRUE.
path	The path to the file. Default is ".".

Details

TODO: If file exists, create the next increment.

Value

A character with the figure file name.

Author(s)

Laurent Gatto

Examples

makeFigName("foo")
makeFigName("foo", date = FALSE)
makeDatName("foo", date = FALSE)
makeFigName("foo", path = "~/projects/big-project/figs")
makeDatName("foo", path = "~/projects/big-project/Data")

ComputationalProteomicsUnit/cputools documentation built on May 6, 2019, 12:50 p.m.