lengths_linter: Require usage of 'lengths()' where possible

In r-lib/lintr: A 'Linter' for R Code

Require usage of lengths() where possible

Description

lengths() is a function that was added to base R in version 3.2.0 to get the length of each element of a list. It is equivalent to sapply(x, length), but faster and more readable.

Usage

lengths_linter()

Tags

best_practices, efficiency, readability

See Also

linters for a complete list of linters available in lintr.

Examples

# will produce lints
lint(
  text = "sapply(x, length)",
  linters = lengths_linter()
)

lint(
  text = "vapply(x, length, integer(1L))",
  linters = lengths_linter()
)

lint(
  text = "purrr::map_int(x, length)",
  linters = lengths_linter()
)

# okay
lint(
  text = "lengths(x)",
  linters = lengths_linter()
)

r-lib/lintr documentation built on Dec. 20, 2024, 7:24 p.m.