checkmate (version 1.0)

checkCharacter: Check if an argument is a vector of type character

Description

Check if an argument is a vector of type character

Usage

checkCharacter(x, min.chars = NULL, pattern = NULL, fixed = FALSE,
  ignore.case = FALSE, any.missing = TRUE, all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL, min.len = NULL, max.len = NULL, unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL)
assertCharacter(x, min.chars = NULL, pattern = NULL, fixed = FALSE,
  ignore.case = FALSE, any.missing = TRUE, all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL, min.len = NULL, max.len = NULL, unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL, .var.name)
testCharacter(x, min.chars = NULL, pattern = NULL, fixed = FALSE,
  ignore.case = FALSE, any.missing = TRUE, all.missing = TRUE,
  len = NULL, min.len = NULL, max.len = NULL, unique = FALSE,
  names = NULL)

Arguments

x

[ANY] Object to check.

.var.name

[character(1)] Name for x. Defaults to a heuristic to determine the name using deparse and substitute.

pattern

[character(1L)] Regular expression as used in grepl. All elements of x must comply to this pattern. Defaults to NULL.

ignore.case

[logical(1)] See grepl. Default is FALSE.

fixed

[logical(1)] See grepl. Default is FALSE.

min.chars

[integer(1)] Minimum number of characters in each element of x.

any.missing

[logical(1)] Are vectors with missing values allowed? Default is TRUE.

all.missing

[logical(1)] Are vectors with only missing values allowed? Default is TRUE.

len

[integer(1)] Exact expected length of x.

min.len

[integer(1)] Minimal length of x.

max.len

[integer(1)] Maximal length of x.

unique

[logical(1)] Must all values be unique? Default is FALSE.

names

[character(1)] Check for names. See checkNamed for possible values. Default is any which performs no check at all.

Value

• Depending on the function prefix: If the check is successful, all functions return TRUE. If the check is not successful, assertCharacter throws an error message, testCharacter returns FALSE and checkCharacter returns a string with the error message.

Details

This function does not distinguish between NA, NA_integer_, NA_real_, NA_complex_ NA_character_ and NaN.

See Also

Other basetypes: assertArray, checkArray, testArray; assertAtomicVector, checkAtomicVector, testAtomicVector; assertAtomic, checkAtomic, testAtomic; assertComplex, checkComplex, testComplex; assertDataFrame, checkDataFrame, testDataFrame; assertEnvironment, checkEnvironment, testEnvironment; assertFactor, checkFactor, testFactor; assertFunction, checkFunction, testFunction; assertIntegerish, checkIntegerish, testIntegerish; assertInteger, checkInteger, testInteger; assertList, checkList, testList; assertLogical, checkLogical, testLogical; assertMatrix, checkMatrix, testMatrix; assertNumeric, checkNumeric, testNumeric; assertVector, checkVector, testVector

Examples

testCharacter(letters, min.len = 1, any.missing = FALSE)
 testCharacter(letters, min.chars = 2)
 testCharacter("example", pattern = "xa")