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Check if arg is a list.

Usage

check_list(arg, signal = "error", msg = NULL, call. = FALSE)

Arguments

arg

(object)
The argument to check.

signal

(string: c("error", "warning", "message"))
Must be one of "error", "warning", or "message". "error" (default) calls base::stop() to signal an error message. "warning" calls base::warning() to signal a warning message. "message" calls base::message() to signal a message.

msg

(string or NULL: NULL)
A string that replaces the default message. Set as NULL to use the default message.

call.

(Scalar logical: c(FALSE, TRUE))
Passed to stop() or warning(). The default msg includes it's own formatted call, hence call. should be FALSE (default). If you insert your own msg, then you may want call. = TRUE.

Value

invisible(arg) or condition determined by argument signal.

Examples

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# check_list() examples
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
library(bkcheck)

f <- function(x) {
  x |>
    check_list()
}

f(list(1))

try(f(data.frame(1)))
#> Error : Argument `x` must be a list.
#> 
#> class(x) = 'data.frame'
#> nrow(x) = 1
#> ncol(x) = 1
#> 
#> Call: f(x = data.frame(1))
try(f(TRUE))
#> Error : Argument `x` must be a list.
#> 
#> `x` = TRUE
#> class(x) = 'logical'
#> length(x) = 1
#> 
#> Call: f(x = TRUE)
try(f(1L))
#> Error : Argument `x` must be a list.
#> 
#> `x` = 1
#> class(x) = 'integer'
#> length(x) = 1
#> 
#> Call: f(x = 1L)
try(f(1))
#> Error : Argument `x` must be a list.
#> 
#> `x` = 1
#> class(x) = 'numeric'
#> length(x) = 1
#> 
#> Call: f(x = 1)
try(f("a"))
#> Error : Argument `x` must be a list.
#> 
#> `x` = 'a'
#> class(x) = 'character'
#> length(x) = 1
#> 
#> Call: f(x = "a")
try(f(factor("a")))
#> Error : Argument `x` must be a list.
#> 
#> `x` = 'a'
#> class(x) = 'factor'
#> length(x) = 1
#> 
#> Call: f(x = factor("a"))