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assertive.types (version 0.0-3)

assert_is_date: Is the input a date?

Description

Checks to see if the input is a Date or POSIXt object.

Usage

assert_is_date(x, severity = getOption("assertive.severity", "stop"))
assert_is_posixct(x, severity = getOption("assertive.severity", "stop"))
assert_is_posixlt(x, severity = getOption("assertive.severity", "stop"))
is_date(x, .xname = get_name_in_parent(x))
is_posixct(x, .xname = get_name_in_parent(x))
is_posixlt(x, .xname = get_name_in_parent(x))

Arguments

x
Input to check.
severity
How severe should the consequences of the assertion be? Either "stop", "warning", "message", or "none".
.xname
Not intended to be used directly.

Value

The is_* functions return TRUE or FALSE depending upon whether or not the input is a datetime object.The assert_* functions return nothing but throw an error if the corresponding is_* function returns FALSE.

Examples

Run this code
is_date(Sys.Date())
is_posixct(Sys.time())

# These examples should fail.
assertive.base::dont_stop(assert_is_date(Sys.time()))

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