Is an object a date or datetime vector?

Check if an object/vector is a date or datetime variable without needing a dataset as input

assert_date_vector(
  arg,
  optional = FALSE,
  arg_name = rlang::caller_arg(arg),
  message = NULL,
  class = "assert_date_vector",
  call = parent.frame()
)

Arguments

arg

The function argument to be checked

Default value

none

optional

Is the checked argument optional? If set to FALSE and arg is NULL then the function assert_date_vector exits early and throw and error.

Default value

FALSE

arg_name

string indicating the label/symbol of the object being checked.

Default value

rlang::caller_arg(arg)

message

string passed to cli::cli_abort(message). When NULL, default messaging is used (see examples for default messages). "{arg_name}" can be used in messaging.

Default value

NULL

class

Subclass of the condition.

call

The execution environment of a currently running function, e.g. call = caller_env(). The corresponding function call is retrieved and mentioned in error messages as the source of the error.

You only need to supply call when throwing a condition from a helper function which wouldn't be relevant to mention in the message.

Can also be NULL or a defused function call to respectively not display any call or hard-code a code to display.

For more information about error calls, see Including function calls in error messages.

Value

The function returns an error if arg is missing, or not a date or datetime variable but otherwise returns an invisible output.

See also

Checks for valid input and returns warning or errors messages: assert_atomic_vector(), assert_character_scalar(), assert_character_vector(), assert_data_frame(), assert_expr(), assert_expr_list(), assert_filter_cond(), assert_function(), assert_integer_scalar(), assert_list_element(), assert_list_of(), assert_logical_scalar(), assert_named(), assert_numeric_vector(), assert_one_to_one(), assert_param_does_not_exist(), assert_s3_class(), assert_same_type(), assert_symbol(), assert_unit(), assert_vars(), assert_varval_list()

Examples

example_fun <- function(arg) {
  assert_date_vector(arg)
}

example_fun(
  as.Date("2022-01-30", tz = "UTC")
)
try(example_fun("1993-07-14"))
#> Error in example_fun("1993-07-14") : 
#>   Argument `arg` must be a date or datetime, but is a string.