Assertions to Check Properties of Data

A set of predicates and assertions for checking the properties of (country independent) complex data types. This is mainly for use by other package developers who want to include run-time testing features in their own packages. End-users will usually want to use assertive directly.

A set of predicates and assertions for checking the properties of (country independent) complex data types. Most of the documentation is on the assertive page. End-users will usually want to use assertive directly.

Installation

To install the stable version, type:

install.packages("assertive.data")

To install the development version, you first need the devtools package.

install.packages("devtools")

Then you can install the assertive.data package using

library(devtools)
install_bitbucket("richierocks/assertive.data")

Predicates

is_cas_number checks character vectors for Chemical Abstracts Service registry numbers.

is_credit_card_number checks character vectors for credit card numbers.

is_email_address checks character vectors

is_hex_color (and its synonym, is_hex_colour) check character vectors for hexadecimal colors.

is_honorific checks character vectors for honorifcs, like Mr and Mrs.

is_ip_address checks character vectors for Internet Protocol addresses.

is_isbn_code checks character vectors for International Standard Book Numbers. is_isbn10_code and is_isbn13_code check only for the 10/13 digit ISBNs.

Assertions

Predicates all return a vector and have two corresponding assertions. For example, is_cas_number has assert_all_are_cas_numbers and assert_any_are_cas_numbers.