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From: murdoch@dunc@n @ending from gm@il@com (Duncan Murdoch)
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:21:38 -0400
Subject: [Rd] Parametrized Vignettest in R packages
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On 02/07/2018 11:22 AM, Witold E Wolski wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thank you for the questions as well as remaining me of the default
> parameters in the yaml session.
> Indeed this seems to be the solution.
> 
> 
> But how would I assign package data as a default parameter?
> So originally I thought to render the markdown with :
> 
> <code>
> data(sample_analysis)
> data(skylineconfig)
> x <- rmarkdown::render("report.Rmd", output_format = "html_document",
>                        params = list(data = sample_analysis,
>                                      configuration =
> skylineconfig),envir = new.env())
> <code>
> 
> I do not think I can write:
> 
> params:
>    configuration: !r data(sample_analysis)
>    data: !r data(skylineconfig)
> 
> since data does not return the package just puts them in the env as a
> side effect. Is there a different base function to achieve it.

I think you could use

  params:
   configuration: !r get(data(sample_analysis))
   data: !r get(data(skylineconfig))

but if that doesn't work, a longer version is

  params:
   configuration: !r {data(sample_analysis); sample_analysis}
   data: !r {data(skylineconfig); skylineconfig}

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> 
> Thank you
> Witek
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2 July 2018 at 16:56, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 02/07/2018 10:30 AM, Witold E Wolski wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a package which includes some parameterized r-markdown report
>>> which I would also like to build as package vignettes.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to run the parameterized vignette creation with the
>>> package build or package check?
>>
>>
>>
>> Doesn't the usual method work?  You can specify defaults for parameters in
>> the YAML header; I'd expect those to be the parameter values that get used.
>>
>> You can give instructions to your users on how to rebuild the reports with
>> different parameters.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>
> 
> 
>



[Rd] Parametrized Vignettest in R packages
Duncan Murdoch