Enable name-independent key column identification

A handwritten mapper function for consistency tests, such as grim_map(), may include arguments named after the key columns in its input data frame. When such an argument is specified by the user as a column name of the input data frame, it identifies a differently-named column as that key column.

Create such functionality in three steps:

1. Add arguments to your mapper function named after the respective key columns. They should be NULL by default; e.g., x = NULL, n = NULL.

2. Within the mapper, capture the user input by quoting it using rlang::enexpr(). Reassign these values to the argument variables; e.g., x <- rlang::enexpr(x) and n <- rlang::enexpr(n).

3. For every such argument, call manage_key_colnames() and reassign its value to the input data frame variable, adding a short description; e.g.,data <- manage_key_colnames(data, x, "mean/proportion") and data <- manage_key_colnames(data, n, "sample size").

Usage

manage_key_colnames(data, arg, description = NULL)

Arguments

data

The mapper function's input data frame.

arg

Symbol. The quoted input variable, captured by rlang::enexpr().

description

String (length 1). Short description of the column in question, to be inserted into an error message.

Value

The input data frame, data, possibly modified.

See also

vignette("consistency-tests-in-depth"), for context.