list_out

Converts a vector into a comma-separated list for use in sentences (error messages, warnings, etc.).

The aim of 'postpack' is to provide the infrastructure for a standardized workflow for 'mcmc.list' objects.
These objects can be used to store output from models fitted with Bayesian inference using
'JAGS', 'WinBUGS', 'OpenBUGS', 'NIMBLE', 'Stan', or even custom MCMC algorithms. Although the 'coda' R package provides
some methods for these objects, it is somewhat limited in easily performing post-processing tasks for
specific nodes. Models are ever increasing in their complexity and the number of tracked nodes, and oftentimes
a user may wish to summarize/diagnose sampling behavior for only a small subset of nodes at a time
for a particular question or figure. Thus, many 'postpack' functions support performing tasks on a
subset of nodes, where the subset is specified with regular expressions. The functions in 'postpack'
streamline the extraction, summarization, and diagnostics of specific monitored nodes after model fitting.
Further, because there is rarely only ever one model under consideration, 'postpack' scales efficiently
to perform the same tasks on output from multiple models simultaneously, facilitating rapid assessment
of model sensitivity to changes in assumptions.

Ben Staton

postpack

Utilities for Processing Posterior Samples Stored in
'mcmc.lists'

list_out function

<dl><dt>x</dt>
<dd>A vector, will be coerced to a character.</dd>
<dt>final</dt>
<dd>Word that will separate the final element in the list from others.
See the examples.</dd>
<dt>per_line</dt>
<dd>Number of elements printed per line. See the examples.</dd>
<dt>wrap</dt>
<dd>Optional character to wrap around each element, e.g., quotation marks.</dd>
<dt>indent</dt>
<dd>Optional string to place in front of the first
element on each line. See the examples.</dd></dl>

Arguments

List vector elements in a nice format — list_out

<dl>

<dt>x</dt>
<dd>A vector, will be coerced to a character.</dd>


<dt>final</dt>
<dd>Word that will separate the final element in the list from others.
See the examples.</dd>


<dt>per_line</dt>
<dd>Number of elements printed per line. See the examples.</dd>


<dt>wrap</dt>
<dd>Optional character to wrap around each element, e.g., quotation marks.</dd>


<dt>indent</dt>
<dd>Optional string to place in front of the first
element on each line. See the examples.</dd>

</dl>

list_out: List vector elements in a nice format

Description

Usage

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Arguments