Functions for Message Generation

Create messages for use in the portalcasting pipeline.

messageq: Optionally generate a message based on a logical input. Uses a wrapper on message that, given the input to quiet, generates the message(s) in ... or not.
break_line: Creates a horizontal line of characters ending with a newline call for messages.
break_lines: Creates a set of horizontal line of characters ending with a newline call for messages.
castle: Creates a text drawing of a sandcastle of characters for messages.

Usage

messageq(..., quiet = FALSE, domain = NULL, appendLF = TRUE)

break_line(char = "-", reps = 60)

break_lines(nlines = 2, char = "-", reps = 60)

castle()

Arguments

...

zero or more objects that can be coerced to character and are concatenated with no separator added, or a single condition object. See message.

quiet

logical indicator if the message should be generated.

domain

The domain for the translation. If NA, messages will not be translated. See message and base::gettext.

appendLF

logical indicator if messages given as a character string should have a newline appended. See message.

char

character value to repeated reps times to form the break line.

reps

integer-conformable value for number of times char is replicated.

nlines

integer-conformable value for the number of break_lines to include. Defaults to 2 lines.

Value

messageq: A message is given, and NULL returned, invisible-ly.
break_line: The character of the line to be passed to message via messageq.
break_lines: The character of the lines to be passed to message via messageq.
castle: The character of the sandcastle to be passed to message via messageq.

See also

Other utilities: file_ext(), foy(), ifnull(), named_null_list(), package_version_finder(), round_na.interp(), update_list()

Examples

   messageq("hi ", "how are you?")
   messageq("hi ", "how are you?", quiet = TRUE)
   break_line( )
   break_lines( )
   castle( )