ggfigdone (version 0.1.2)

fd_unique: Keep figure name unique by removing older figures with the same name

Description

This function keeps the figure name unique by removing the older figures with the same name. Users can specify whether to keep the figure with the latest updated date or the latest created date. If a figure is created without changing, the created date and updated date are the same.

Usage

fd_unique(fdObj = fd_get_db(), by = "updated_date")

Value

An object of class fdObj.

Arguments

fdObj

An object of class fdObj.

by

A character string specifying the method to keep the figure with the unique name. It can be either "updated_date" or "created_date".

Examples

library(ggplot2)
## create ggfigdone database in a temporary directory
db_dir = file.path(tempdir(), "fd_unique")
fo = fd_init(db_dir, rm_exist = TRUE)

## Draw a ggplot figure
g = ggplot(mtcars, aes(x=wt, y=mpg)) + geom_point()

## Add the figure to the database
fd_add(g = g, name  = "fig1", fdObj = fo)

## Add the another figure with the same name
fd_add(g = g + theme_classic(), name  = "fig1", fdObj = fo)

## Keep the figure with the latest created date
fd_unique(fdObj = fo, by = "created_date")

## Show the updated ggfigdone database
print(fo)