Validate name argument. It must be a snake_case character vector. You can add the a cdm object to check name is not already used in that cdm. — validateNameArgument • omopgenerics

Validate name argument. It must be a snake_case character vector. You can add the a cdm object to check name is not already used in that cdm.

Usage

validateNameArgument(
  name,
  cdm = NULL,
  validation = "error",
  null = FALSE,
  empty = TRUE,
  nm = deparse1(substitute(name), backtick = TRUE),
  call = parent.frame()
)

Arguments

name: Name of a new table to be added to a cdm object.
cdm: A cdm_reference object. It will check if a table named name already exists in the cdm.
validation: How to perform validation: "error", "warning".
null: If TRUE, name can be NULL
empty: Whether it can be empty.
nm: Name to use in error messages. Defaults to the expression supplied to name.
call: A call argument to pass to cli functions.

Examples

# this is a validate name
name <- "my_new_table"
validateNameArgument(name)
#> [1] "my_new_table"

# this is not
name <- "myTableNAME"
validateNameArgument(name, validation = "warning")
#> Warning: ! `name` was modified: myTableNAME -> my_table_name
#> [1] "my_table_name"