Field Delimiter Check — test_delimiter • DPchecker

test_delimiter() checks the metadata file and ensures that each data file has a field delimiter with exactly one character (e.g. ", ").

Usage

test_delimiter(metadata = load_metadata(here::here()))

Arguments

metadata: The metadata object returned by load_metadata. If parameter not provided, defaults to calling load_metadata in current project directory.

Value

Invisibly returns metadata.

Details

test_delimiter() examines the fieldDelimiter element from EML (currently only EML is supported) metadata to determine how many characters there are. If there is no fieldDelimiter element, the test returns an error. If the field delimiter is anything other than exactly one character in length, the test returns an error.

Examples

meta <- load_metadata(DPchecker_example("BICY_veg"))
#> Data are provided for example use only. Do not assume that they are complete, accurate, or up to date.
test_delimiter(meta)
#> ✔ Metadata indicates that each data file contains a field delimiter that is a
#>   single character