Hello, Using the R.oo package, how do I throw an error if a field is not present when the user of the class creates the object?
Using the example in the R.oo package: setConstructorS3("Person", function(name, age) { if (missing(name)) name <- NA; if (missing(age)) age <- NA; extend(Object(), "Person", .name=name, .age=age ) }) [rest of class methods here...etc...] User types this with no issues because both age and name are there: p1 <- Person("Dalai Lama", 67) User types this and I want it to throw an error because the age field is missing: p1 <- Person("Dalai Lama") Link to the example I am drawing from: http://127.0.0.1:22346/library/R.oo/html/Object.html I know how to throw an error when a method is used. I want to throw an error when the object is created. I've tried print and cat statements in the Constructor section and after the extend statement. Thanks, Ben [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.