SimClean: Removes/cleans files and folders that have been saved

Description

This function is mainly used in pilot studies where results and datasets have been temporarily saved by runSimulation but should be removed before beginning the full Monte Carlo simulation (e.g., remove files and folders which contained bugs/biased results).

Usage

SimClean(
  ...,
  dirs = NULL,
  temp = TRUE,
  results = FALSE,
  seeds = FALSE,
  save_details = list()
)

Arguments

...

one or more character objects indicating which files to remove. Used to remove .rds files which were saved with saveRDS or when using the save and filename inputs to runSimulation

dirs

a character vector indicating which directories to remove

temp

logical; remove the temporary file saved when passing save = TRUE?

results

logical; remove the .rds results files saved when passing save_results = TRUE?

seeds

logical; remove the seed files saved when passing save_seeds = TRUE?

save_details

a list pertaining to information about how and where files were saved (see the corresponding list in runSimulation)

References

Chalmers, R. P., & Adkins, M. C. (2020). Writing Effective and Reliable Monte Carlo Simulations with the SimDesign Package. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 16(4), 248-280. 10.20982/tqmp.16.4.p248

Sigal, M. J., & Chalmers, R. P. (2016). Play it again: Teaching statistics with Monte Carlo simulation. Journal of Statistics Education, 24(3), 136-156. 10.1080/10691898.2016.1246953

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
# remove file called 'results.rds'
SimClean('results.rds')

# remove default temp file
SimClean()

# remove customized saved-results directory called 'mydir'
SimClean(results = TRUE, save_details = list(save_results_dirname = 'mydir'))

# }

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