[R-pkg-devel] Data for unit testing in packages

[carlos cinelli]

Thank you guys, your answers helped me get started.
Best,
Carlos

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Hadley Wickham <h.wickham at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you're using testthat, check out expect_equal_to_reference.
>
> Hadley
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 7:45 PM, carlos cinelli
> <carloscinelli at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Do you guys have any suggestions on how to store data for unit testing?
> >
> > I am implementing some methods to estimate matrix entries from the
> > marginals.  The input of the function is the row and column sums and the
> > output is a N x N matrix.
> >
> > What I am doing today is constructing the expected output by hand.
> >
> > One example I am testing is a 7 x 7 matrix, which is fine to just put the
> > code to create it on the test script.
> >
> > However, I also want to create tests on larger examples, say a 1000 x
> 1000
> > matrix, in which it would not be very handy to leave the code on the
> script.
> >
> > Do you have any suggestions or best practices for that?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Carlos
> >
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