[R-pkg-devel] no visible binding for global variable ‘degree_C’ - CRAN check note

Mon Dec 12 17:26:01 CET 2022

Irucka,
If you saw still have the note "no visible binding for global variable
‘degree_C’", it implies that somewhere in your package degree_C is still
unquotted...
Do you have your code online for us to help you more effectively?
++

On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 17:20, EcoC2S - Irucka Embry <iembry using ecoccs.com>
wrote:

> Hi Iñaki and Andrew, I'm sorry, I'll clarify my statement here.
>
> set_units(T, "degree_C") still produced the R CMD check note, but it
> works with regards to setting the unit for the R expression.
>
> I replaced every instance of set_units(T, degree_C) with set_units(T,
> "degree_C") in a single function (I use the units package throughout
> many functions in my iemisc package) & than I ran R CMD check again. I
> looked for that particular function in the "checking R code for possible
> problems ..." section and I still saw the function name with this note:
> no visible binding for global variable ‘degree_C’.
>
> Using the global variables option does prevent the note from occurring
> in all of my other functions where I set units.
>
> I hope that this clarification helps.
>
> On a side note, I used the units package in other functions; however, I
> have not ever seen a note for the same usage in other functions. I don't
> know why the same usage of the units package in some functions draws a
> note while in other functions there is no note.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Irucka
>
>
> On 12-12-2022 09:58, Iñaki Ucar wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 16:43, EcoC2S - Irucka Embry <iembry using ecoccs.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Andrew, set_units(T, "degree_C") does not work;
> >
> > Sorry, do you mean that the code fails? Or the code works but you
> > still see the NOTE? In this case, it is possible that you didn't
> > replace all the instances of set_units(T, degree_C) in your files.
> >
> > Iñaki
> >
> >> however, setting
> >> degree_C as a global variable does work.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your suggestion.
> >>
> >> Irucka
> >>
> >>
>
> On 12-12-2022 09:56, Alexandre Courtiol wrote:
> > Hi Irucka,
> > using text to define the unit is valid, so I don't see why it would
> > not work.
> > It would be better than defining a global variable.
> >
> > ``` rT <- 2
> > units::set_units(T, "degree_C")
> > #> 2 [°C]
> > ```
> > <sup>Created on 2022-12-12 with [reprex
> > v2.0.2](https://reprex.tidyverse.org)</sup>
> >
> > ++
> >
>
> >> On 11-12-2022 00:29, Andrew Simmons wrote:
> >> > You can declare degree_C as a variable before using set_units():
> >> >
> >> > degree_C <- NULL
> >> > set_units(T, degree_C)
> >> >
> >> > you could use globalVariables() somewhere at the top-level in your
> >> > package:
> >> >
> >> > utils::globalVariables("degree_C")
> >> >
> >> > or you could supply degree_C as a literal character string:
> >> >
> >> > set_units(T, "degree_C")
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 11:13 PM EcoC2S - Irucka Embry
> >> > <iembry using ecoccs.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> In my iemisc package, I am using the units package.
> >> >>
> >> >> This is an example of how I am using the set_units function:
> >> >>
> >> >> T <- 20
> >> >>
> >> >> set_units(T, degree_C)
> >> >>
> >> >> Upon checking iemisc with devtools for CRAN submission, I receive the
> >> >> following note under "checking R code for possible problems":
> >> >>
> >> >> no visible binding for global variable ‘degree_C’
> >> >>
> >> >> Please tell me how to avoid that note in my R packages.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you.
> >> >>
> >> >> Irucka
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> --
> >> >> No fear, Only Love! / ¡No temas, solamente amor!
> >> >> -Irucka Ajani Embry, 15 March 2020
> >> >>
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> >> >>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >>
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> >> >> -- Irucka and his twin brother, Obiora, are featured in the Middle
> >> >> Tennessee Local Table Magazine Annual issue. The article discusses
> >> >> their
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> >> >> Back to Nature. The full magazine can be found here [the article
> >> >> begins
> >> >> on
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> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> >>
> >> >> -- Obiora and Irucka were interviewed separately in early 2020 for
> the
> >> >> Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) "Regenerative Agriculture:
> >> >> Farm
> >> >> Policy for the 21st Century: Policy Recommendations to Advance
> >> >> Regenerative
> >> >> Agriculture" report written By Arohi Sharma, Lara Bryant, and Ellen
> >> >> Lee.
> >> >> The PDF report is available below:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/regenerative-agriculture-farm-policy-21st-century-report.pdf
> >> >>
> >> >> EcoC2S -- https://www.ecoccs.com/
> >> >> Principal, Irucka Embry, EIT
> >> >>
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> >> >> Growing Food
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> >> --
> >> --
> >> No fear, Only Love! / ¡No temas, solamente amor!
> >> -Irucka Ajani Embry, 15 March 2020
> >>
> >> Family Partners:
> >> http://www.sustainlex.org/
> >> https://www.schoolingsolutions.com/
> >>
> >>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> The business collaboration between EConsulting (tm)
> >> [https://www.econsultingllc.org/] and EcoC^2S, is Getting Back to
> >> Nature.
> >>
> >> Getting Back to Nature LocalHarvest --
> >> https://www.localharvest.org/getting-back-to-nature-M73453
> >> Getting Back to Nature -- https://www.gettingback2nature.farm/
> >>
> >> -- Irucka and his twin brother, Obiora, are featured in the Middle
> >> Tennessee Local Table Magazine Annual issue. The article discusses
> >> their
> >> family farm history and the current work that they are doing under
> >> Getting
> >> Back to Nature. The full magazine can be found here [the article
> >> begins
> >> on
> >> page 18 of the PDF document]:
> >>
> >>
> https://media.gettingback2nature.farm/pdf/LocalTable_ANNUAL_2020_lo_res.pdf
> >>
> >> -- Obiora and Irucka were interviewed separately in early 2020 for the
> >> Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) "Regenerative Agriculture:
> >> Farm
> >> Policy for the 21st Century: Policy Recommendations to Advance
> >> Regenerative
> >> Agriculture" report written By Arohi Sharma, Lara Bryant, and Ellen
> >> Lee.
> >> The PDF report is available below:
> >>
> >>
> https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/regenerative-agriculture-farm-policy-21st-century-report.pdf
> >>
> >> EcoC2S -- https://www.ecoccs.com/
> >> Principal, Irucka Embry, EIT
> >>
> >> Services:
> >> Growing Food
> >> Healthy Living Mentor
> >> Data Analysis with R
> >> R Training
> >> Chemistry and Mathematics Tutoring
> >> Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) Consultation
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Iñaki Úcar
>
> --
> --
> No fear, Only Love! / ¡No temas, solamente amor!
> -Irucka Ajani Embry, 15 March 2020
>
> Family Partners:
> http://www.sustainlex.org/
> https://www.schoolingsolutions.com/
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The business collaboration between EConsulting (tm)
> [https://www.econsultingllc.org/] and EcoC^2S, is Getting Back to
> Nature.
>
> Getting Back to Nature LocalHarvest --
> https://www.localharvest.org/getting-back-to-nature-M73453
> Getting Back to Nature -- https://www.gettingback2nature.farm/
>
> -- Irucka and his twin brother, Obiora, are featured in the Middle
> Tennessee Local Table Magazine Annual issue. The article discusses their
> family farm history and the current work that they are doing under
> Getting
> Back to Nature. The full magazine can be found here [the article begins
> on
> page 18 of the PDF document]:
>
> https://media.gettingback2nature.farm/pdf/LocalTable_ANNUAL_2020_lo_res.pdf
>
> -- Obiora and Irucka were interviewed separately in early 2020 for the
> Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) "Regenerative Agriculture:
> Farm
> Policy for the 21st Century: Policy Recommendations to Advance
> Regenerative
> Agriculture" report written By Arohi Sharma, Lara Bryant, and Ellen Lee.
> The PDF report is available below:
>
>
> https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/regenerative-agriculture-farm-policy-21st-century-report.pdf
>
> EcoC2S -- https://www.ecoccs.com/
> Principal, Irucka Embry, EIT
>
> Services:
> Growing Food
> Healthy Living Mentor
> Data Analysis with R
> R Training
> Chemistry and Mathematics Tutoring
> Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) Consultation
>
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