[R-pkg-devel] match.arg With S4 Methods and Missing Inputs

[Andrew Simmons]

>From the line `function(A, B) standardGeneric("SetOfParams")`, A and B will
always have default values of R_MissingArg
Providing default values within the methods does nothing since A and B have
already been initialized before arriving at the method.
You could do something like:


if (missing(A))
    A <- ...
if (missing(B))
    B <- ...


within each method, and that would emulate having default values for A and
B.

On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 12:00 AM Dario Strbenac <dstr7320 using uni.sydney.edu.au>
wrote:

> Good day,
>
> How can a parameter take a default value from a vector of permitted ones,
> if it is missing?
>
> setClassUnion("characterOrMissing", c("character", "missing"))
> setClassUnion("integerOrMissing", c("integer", "missing"))
> setClass("SetOfParams", representation(A = "characterOrMissing", B =
> "integer"))
> setGeneric("SetOfParams", function(A, B) standardGeneric("SetOfParams"))
>
> setMethod("SetOfParams", c("missing", "missing"), function() # Empty
> constructor
> {
>   new("SetOfParams", A = "M", B = 100L)
> })
>
> setMethod("SetOfParams", c("characterOrMissing", "integerOrMissing"),
> function(A = c("L", "M", "N"), B = 100L)
> {
>   A <- match.arg(A)
>   new("SetOfParams", A = A, B = B)
> })
>
> SetOfParams(B = 500L)
>   Error in match.arg(A) : argument "A" is missing, with no default.
>
> How can I avoid the error about A having no default? I thought I specified
> it so that it does have one, which match.arg would set for me if the user
> did not specify one.
>
> --------------------------------------
> Dario Strbenac
> University of Sydney
> Camperdown NSW 2050
> Australia
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