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expect_equivalent

Is an object equal to the expected value, ignoring attributes?


Description

Compares object and expected using all.equal() and check.attributes = FALSE.

Usage

expect_equivalent(
  object,
  expected,
  ...,
  info = NULL,
  label = NULL,
  expected.label = NULL
)

Arguments

object

Computation and value to compare it to.

Both arguments supports limited unquoting to make it easier to generate readable failures within a function or for loop. See quasi_label for more details.

expected

Computation and value to compare it to.

Both arguments supports limited unquoting to make it easier to generate readable failures within a function or for loop. See quasi_label for more details.

...

Passed on to compare().

info

Extra information to be included in the message. This argument is soft-deprecated and should not be used in new code. Instead see alternatives in quasi_label.

label

Used to customise failure messages. For expert use only.

expected.label

Used to customise failure messages. For expert use only.

3rd edition

[Deprecated]

expect_equivalent() is deprecated in the 3rd edition. Instead use expect_equal(ignore_attr = TRUE).

Examples

#' # expect_equivalent() ignores attributes
a <- b <- 1:3
names(b) <- letters[1:3]
## Not run: 
expect_equal(a, b)

## End(Not run)
expect_equivalent(a, b)

testthat

Unit Testing for R

v3.0.2
MIT + file LICENSE
Authors
Hadley Wickham [aut, cre], RStudio [cph, fnd], R Core team [ctb] (Implementation of utils::recover())
Initial release

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