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Check if vectors are of compatible lengths

Source: R/checkmate.R
check_length.Rd

[Stable]

Two vectors are of compatible size if and only if:

  1. At least one vector has size 1

  2. or both vectors are of the same size.

Usage 

check_length(x, len)

assert_length(x, len, .var.name = checkmate::vname(x), add = NULL)

test_length(x, len)

Arguments

x

(any)
the first vector, any object for which length() function is defined.

len

(count)
the length of the second vector.

.var.name

[character(1)]
Name of the checked object to print in assertions. Defaults to the heuristic implemented in vname.

add

[AssertCollection]
Collection to store assertion messages. See AssertCollection.

Value

TRUE if successful, otherwise a string with the error message.

See also

assertions for more details.

Examples 

check_length(1:5, 1)
#> [1] TRUE
check_length(1:5, 6)
#> [1] "x is of length 5 which is not allowed; the allowed lengths are: 1 or 6"
check_length(1:5, 5)
#> [1] TRUE
check_length(10, 1)
#> [1] TRUE
check_length(10, 9)
#> [1] TRUE