rchallenge (version 1.2.0)

new_challenge: Install a new challenge.

Description

Install a new challenge.

Usage

new_challenge(path = ".", out_rmdfile = "challenge.rmd", recursive = FALSE, overwrite = recursive, quiet = FALSE, showWarnings = FALSE, template = c("en", "fr"), data_dir = "data", submissions_dir = "submissions", hist_dir = "history", install_data = TRUE, baseline = "baseline", add_baseline = install_data, clear_history = overwrite, title = "Challenge", author = "", date = "", email = "[e-mail]", date_start = format(Sys.Date(), "%d %b %Y"), deadline = paste(Sys.Date() + 90, "23:59:59"), data_list = data_split(get_data("german")))

Arguments

path

string. install path of the challenge (should be somewhere in your Dropbox).

out_rmdfile

string. name of the output R Markdown file.

recursive

logical. should elements of the path other than the last be created? see dir.create.

overwrite

logical. should existing destination files be overwritten? see file.copy.

quiet

logical. deactivate text output.

showWarnings

logical. should the warnings on failure be shown? see dir.create.

template

string. name of the template R Markdown script to be installed. Two choices are available: "en" (english) and "fr" (french).

data_dir

string. subdirectory of the data.

submissions_dir

string. subdirectory of the submissions. see store_new_submissions.

hist_dir

string. subdirectory of the history. see store_new_submissions.

install_data

logical. activate installation of the data files of the template challenge.

baseline

string. name of the team considered as the baseline.

add_baseline

logical. activate installation of baseline submission files of the template challenge.

clear_history

logical. activate deletion of the existing history folder.

title

string. title displayed on the webpage.

author

string. author displayed on the webpage.

date

string. date displayed on the webpage.

email

string. email of the challenge administrator.

date_start

string. start date of the challenge.

deadline

string. deadline of the challenge.

data_list

list with members train, test, y_test and ind_quiz such as returned by the data_split function.

Value

The path of the created challenge is returned.

Examples

path <- tempdir()
wd <- setwd(path)
# english version
new_challenge()
# french version
new_challenge(template = "fr")
setwd(wd)
unlink(path)