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statnet.common (version 4.13.0)

Common R Scripts and Utilities Used by the Statnet Project Software

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Non-statistical utilities used by the software developed by the Statnet Project. They may also be of use to others.

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Pavel N. Krivitsky

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Functions in statnet.common (4.13.0)

diff.control.list

Identify and the differences between two control lists.
empty_env

Replace an object's environment with a simple, static environment.
handle.controls

Handle standard control.*() function semantics.
formula.utilities

Functions for Querying, Validating and Extracting from Formulas
control.list.accessor

Named element accessor for ergm control lists
message_print

print objects to the message output.
mcmc-utilities

Utility operations for mcmc.list objects
replace

Replace values in a vector according to functions
set.control.class

Set the class of the control list
locate_function

Locate a function with a given name and return it and its environment.
is.SPD

Test if the object is a matrix that is symmetric and positive definite
snctrl_names

Helper functions used by packages to facilitate snctrl updating.
modify_in_place

Modify the argument in the calling environment of the calling function
once

Evaluate a function once for a given input.
statnet.cite

CITATION file utilities for Statnet packages (DEPRECATED)
statnetStartupMessage

Construct a "standard" startup message to be printed when the package is loaded.
fixed.pval

Format a p-value in fixed notation.
skip_if_not_checking

Skip a test if not called via R CMD check
simplify_simple

Convert a list to an atomic vector if it consists solely of atomic elements of length 1.
opttest

Optionally test code depending on environment variable.
paste.and

Concatenates the elements of a vector (optionaly enclosing them in quotation marks or parentheses) adding appropriate punctuation and conjunctions.
which_top_n

Top or bottom n elements of a vector
sweep_cols.matrix

Suptract a elements of a vector from respective columns of a matrix
control.remap

Overwrite control parameters of one configuration with another.
term_list

A helper class for list of terms in an formula
vector.namesmatch

reorder vector v into order determined by matching the names of its elements to a vector of names
logspace.utils

Utilities for performing calculations on logarithmic scale.
default_options

Set options() according to a named list, skipping those already set.
deInf

Truncate values of high magnitude in a vector.
set_diag

Return the matrix with diagonal set to a specified value
sign<-

A generic for setting the sign of an object
wmatrix

A data matrix with row weights
split_len

Split a list or some other split()-able object by lengths
ssolve

Wrappers around matrix algebra functions that pre-scale their arguments
forkTimeout

Evaluate an R expression with a hard time limit by forking a process
persistEval

Evaluate an expression, restarting on error
print.control.list

Pretty print the control list
snctrl

Statnet Control
ult

Extract or replace the ultimate (last) element of a vector or a list, or an element counting from the end.
trim_env

Make a copy of an environment with just the selected objects.
wmatrix_weights

Set or extract weighted matrix row weights
split.array

A split() method for array and matrix types on a margin.
unused_dots_warning

An error handler for rlang::check_dots_used() that issues a warning that only lists argument names.
match_names

Construct a named vector with semantics useful for parameter vectors
order

Implement the sort and order methods for data.frame and matrix, sorting it in lexicographic order.
xTAx

Common quadratic forms
unwhich

Construct a logical vector with TRUE in specified positions.
check.control.class

Ensure that the class of the control list is one of those that can be used by the calling function
arr_from_coo

Conveniently covert between coordinate-value and array representations
Welford

A Welford accumulator for sample mean and variance
as.control.list

Convert to a control list.
attr

A wrapper for base::attr which defaults to exact matching.
compress_rows

A generic function to compress a row-weighted table
all_identical

Test if all items in a vector or a list are identical.
compress_rows.data.frame

"Compress" a data frame.
NVL

Convenience functions for handling NULL objects.
ERRVL

Attempt a series of statements and return the first one that is not an error.
enlist

Wrap an object into a singleton list if not already a list
envir

A generic for querying and setting an object's environment
despace

A one-line function to strip whitespace from its argument.
deprecation-utilities

Utilities to help with deprecating functions.