mise (version 0.1.0)

mise: Clear the Workspace (Mise en Place)

Description

Clears the workspace. Useful for the beginnings of R scripts, to avoid potential problems with accidentally using information from variables or functions from previous script evaluations, too many figure windows open at the same time, packages that you don't need any more, or a cluttered console.

Usage

mise(vars = TRUE, figs = TRUE, console = TRUE, pkgs = FALSE)

Arguments

vars

clear all variables and functions in the parent environment?

figs

close all figure windows?

console

clear the console?

pkgs

clear all non-base packages? Defaults to FALSE.

Details

Based on StackOverflow contributions from users David Robinson, shadow, Gavin Simpson, Ramnath, Joshua Ulrich, E Luxo So, and krlmlr; see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29758000/function-to-remove-all-variables http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19449066/command-to-close-plots-in-r http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7505547/detach-all-packages-while-working-in-r http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12389158/check-if-r-is-running-in-rstudio l

Examples

library(mise)
x <- seq(1, 10, by = 1)
y <- x+ rnorm(10, mean = 0, sd = 1)
plot(x, y)
ls()
# change figs to TRUE to also clear the figure
mise(figs = FALSE)
ls()