robustly: Adverb to try calling a function 'n' times before giving up

In FoRTExperiment/ed4forte: FoRTE-specific utilities for working with ED2

Description

Adverb to try calling a function n times before giving up

Usage

robustly(.f, n = 10, timeout = 0.2, silent = TRUE)

Arguments

.f	Function to call.
n	Number of attempts to try
timeout	Timeout between attempts, in seconds
silent	Silence error messages?

Value

Modified version of input function

Examples

rlog <- robustly(log, timeout = 0.3)
try(rlog("fail"))
## Not run: 
 nc_openr <- robustly(ncdf4::nc_open, n = 10, timeout = 0.5)
 nc <- nc_openr(url)
 # ...or just call the function directly
 nc <- robustly(ncdf4::nc_open, n = 20)(url)
 # Useful in `purrr` maps
 many_vars <- purrr::map(varnames, robustly(ncdf4::ncvar_get), nc = nc)

## End(Not run)

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