Check Attributes

Checks an objects attributes.

check_attributes(
  x,
  values = NULL,
  exclusive = FALSE,
  order = FALSE,
  names = TRUE,
  class = TRUE,
  x_name = substitute(x),
  error = TRUE
)

Arguments

x

The object to check.

values

NULL (default) or a character vector specifying the column names or a named list specifying the column names and values.

exclusive

A flag indicating whether other elements are not permitted.

order

A flag indicating whether the elements have to occur in the same order as values.

names

A flag specifying whether names should be considered an attribute.

class

A flag specifying whether class should be considered an attribute.

x_name

A string of the name of the object x.

error

A flag indicating whether to throw an informative error or immediately generate an informative message if the check fails.

Value

An invisible copy of x (if it doesn't throw an error).

See also

check_list

Examples

x <- 1
attributes(x) <- list(y = 2L)
check_attributes(x, values = list(y = 3:4), error = FALSE)
#> Warning: `check_attributes()` was deprecated in checkr 0.5.1.
#> Pull out attributes with `attributes()` and then use appropriate chk function
#> Warning: the values in element y of attributes of x must lie between 3 and 4