getArgs: getArgs

In chr1swallace/random-functions: Random functions useful to have to hand

Description

commandArgs parsing

Usage

getArgs(defaults = NULL, verbose = FALSE, numeric = NULL)

Arguments

defaults	a named list of defaults, optional
verbose	print verbage to screen
numeric	names of arguments that should be converted from character to numeric, optional

Details

return a named list of command line arguments

Usage: call the R script thus ./myfile.R –args –myarg=something or R CMD BATCH –args –myarg=something myfile.R

Then in R do myargs <- getArgs() and myargs will be a named list

> str(myargs) List of 2 $ file : chr "myfile.R" $ myarg: chr "something"

To supply a vector as an argument, simply repeat the argument's name:

... –args f=kk f=pp ll

> str(myargs) List of 2 $ f : Named chr [1:2] "kk" "pp" ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:2] "f" "f" $ ll: logi TRUE

Value

a named list

Author(s)

Chris Wallace

chr1swallace/random-functions documentation built on March 6, 2021, 10:56 a.m.