assertions (version 0.1.0)

assert_numeric: Assert input is numeric

Description

Assert an R object is numeric Works for vector and matrix objects. To assert an object is specifically a numeric vector see assert_numeric_vector()

Usage

assert_numeric(x, msg = NULL, call = rlang::caller_env(), arg_name = NULL)

Value

invisible(TRUE) if x is numeric, otherwise aborts with the error message specified by msg

Arguments

x

An object

msg

A character string containing the error message to display if x is not numeric

call

Only relevant when pooling assertions into multi-assertion helper functions. See cli_abort for details.

arg_name

Advanced use only. Name of the argument passed (default: NULL, will automatically extract arg_name).

Examples

try({
assert_numeric(1:3) # Passes
assert_numeric(1.5:5.5) # Passes
assert_numeric(c("a", "b", "c")) # Throws default error
assert_numeric(c("a", 1, "b"), "Custom error message") # Throws custom error
})