Standardising Function Names in R
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The renamer Package
Tired of the disparate naming systems in R? Then this is the package for you.
Installing the package
The package is located in my drat. To install
install.packages("renamer", repos="http://csgillespie.github.io/drat", type="source")
or if you have drat installed
drat::addRepo("csgillespie")
install.packages("renamer", type="source")
The source is available on my github page
Example: The CamelCaseR
If have an unnatural fear of underscores, that prevents the use of ggplot2, then you are saved
## Assumes you have ggplot2 installed
library(renamer)
camelCase("ggplot2")
Then
data(cars)
ggplot(cars) + geomPoint(aes(speed, dist))
Example: The UnderscoreR
If you’ve want to try the excellent `drat` package, but you find the lack of underscores
unnerving, you too are saved
library(renamer)
install.packages("drat", repos="http://eddelbuettel.github.io/drat")
under_score("drat")
The examples on the drat homepage become
add_repo("eddelbuettel")
insert_package("drat_0.0.1.tar.gz")
Future directions
Now that the problem with the R naming system has been solved, the next logical step is
to remove differences *between* languages
- lisp` converter – randomly add brackets to all functions
- python – insert spaces/tabs on every line
- FORTRAN – all code starts on the eighth column
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