assertive.types (version 0.0-3)

assert_is_a_string: Is the input of type character?

Description

Checks to see if the input is of type character.

Usage

assert_is_a_string(x, severity = getOption("assertive.severity", "stop"))
assert_is_character(x, severity = getOption("assertive.severity", "stop"))
is_a_string(x, .xname = get_name_in_parent(x))
is_character(x, .xname = get_name_in_parent(x))

Arguments

x

Input to check.

severity

How severe should the consequences of the assertion be? Either "stop", "warning", "message", or "none".

.xname

Not intended to be used directly.

Value

is_character wraps is.character, providing more information on failure. is_a_string returns TRUE if the input is character and scalar. The assert_* functions return nothing but throw an error if the corresponding is_* function returns FALSE.

See Also

is.character and is_scalar.

Examples

assert_is_character(letters)
assertive.base::dont_stop(assert_is_character(factor(letters)))