Check Character

Checks if x is a character vector with no attributes including names.

Usage

check_character(x, coerce = FALSE, x_name = substitute(x), error = TRUE)

Arguments

x

The object to check.

coerce

A flag indicating whether to coerce a factor to a character vector and drop attributes including names.

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_int()

Examples

check_character("1", error = FALSE)
#> Warning: `check_character()` was deprecated in checkr 0.5.1.
#> ℹ Please use `chk::chk_character()` instead.
check_character(1:2, error = FALSE)
#> Warning: 1:2 must be class character
#> Warning: 1:2 must inherit from classes 'character' in that order