twiddle: Overloaded tilde operator for in-place object modification.

In robertzk/productivus: Productivus R productivity suite

Description

This function overloads the ~ operator to turn statements like ~{factor(x, levels = c("A", "B"))} into x <- factor(x, levels = c("A", "B") while leaving normal formula expressions alone.

Usage

"~"(x, y = NULL)

Arguments

x	anything. If x is an expression wrapped in braces, then this operator will assume it is a function call with the first argument intended for assignment of the resulting value.
y	anything. Only used for compatibility with the formula operator.

Details

In general, if we called ~{someexpr(x, ...)}, turn that into x <- someexpr(x, ...) in the parent environment. Otherwise, treat it as a formula.

This is dangerous meta-programming, but we live on the edge!

See Also

~

Examples

x <- c(1,2,3)
~{factor(x))} # x is now a factor(c(1,2,3), levels = c(1,2,3))

x <- c(1,2,3)
~{sum(x)} # x is now 6

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