#' Get a glimpse of your data.
#'
#' This is like a transposed version of print: columns run down the page,
#' and data runs across. This makes it possible to see every column in
#' a data frame. It's a little like [str()] applied to a data frame
#' but it tries to show you as much data as possible. (And it always shows
#' the underlying data, even when applied to a remote data source.)
#'
#' @section S3 methods:
#' `glimpse` is an S3 generic with a customised method for `tbl`s and
#' `data.frames`, and a default method that calls [str()].
#'
#' @param x An object to glimpse at.
#' @param width Width of output: defaults to the setting of the option
#' `tibble.width` (if finite) or the width of the console.
#' @param ... Other arguments passed onto individual methods.
#' @return x original x is (invisibly) returned, allowing `glimpse()` to be
#' used within a data pipe line.
#' @export
#' @examples
#' glimpse(mtcars)
#'
#' if (!requireNamespace("nycflights13", quietly = TRUE))
#' stop("Please install the nycflights13 package to run the rest of this example")
#'
#' glimpse(nycflights13::flights)
glimpse <- function(x, width = NULL, ...) {
UseMethod("glimpse")
}
#' @export
glimpse.tbl <- function(x, width = NULL, ...) {
width <- tibble_glimpse_width(width)
stopifnot(is.finite(width))
cat("Observations: ", big_mark(nrow(x)), "\n", sep = "")
if (ncol(x) == 0) return(invisible())
cat("Variables: ", big_mark(ncol(x)), "\n", sep = "")
# this is an overestimate, but shouldn't be too expensive.
# every type needs at least three characters: "x, "
rows <- as.integer(width / 3)
df <- as.data.frame(head(x, rows))
var_types <- vapply(x, type_sum, character(1))
var_names <- paste0("$ ", format(names(x)), " <", var_types, "> ")
data_width <- width - nchar(var_names) - 2
formatted <- vapply(df, function(x) paste0(format_v(x), collapse = ", "),
character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
truncated <- str_trunc(formatted, data_width)
cat(paste0(var_names, truncated, collapse = "\n"), "\n", sep = "")
invisible(x)
}
#' @export
glimpse.data.frame <- glimpse.tbl
#' @export
#' @importFrom utils str
glimpse.default <- function(x, width = NULL, max.level = 3, ...) {
str(x, width = tibble_width(width), max.level = max.level, ...)
invisible(x)
}
str_trunc <- function(x, max_width) {
width <- nchar(x)
for(i in seq_along(x)) {
if (width[i] <= max_width[i]) next
x[i] <- paste0(substr(x[i], 1, max_width[i] - 3), "...")
}
x
}
format_v <- function(x) UseMethod("format_v")
#' @export
format_v.default <- function(x) format(x, trim = TRUE, justify = "none")
#' @export
format_v.list <- function(x) {
x <- lapply(x, format_v)
atomic <- vapply(x, length, integer(1L)) == 1L
x <- vapply(x, function(x) paste(x, collapse = ", "), character(1L))
x[!atomic] <- paste0("<", x[!atomic], ">")
if (length(x) == 1L)
x
else
paste0("[", paste(x, collapse = ", "), "]")
}
#' @export
format_v.character <- function(x) encodeString(x, quote = '"')
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