I want to create a reproducible and formatted call to data.frame or tibble in R, akin to manually constructing it. Given a data.frame named df:
Sepal.Length Sepal.Width
1 5.1 3.5
2 4.9 3.0
3 4.7 3.2
4 4.6 3.1
I can use dput(df) to obtain an output like:
dput(df)
structure(list(Sepal.Length = c(5.1, 4.9, 4.7, 4.6), Sepal.Width = c(3.5,
3, 3.2, 3.1)), row.names = c(NA, 4L), class = "data.frame")
However, I seek a way to generate the formatted call to data.frame (or tibble) as if I were constructing it manually with arguments separated row-wise:
data.frame(Sepal.Length = c(5.1,
4.9,
4.7,
4.6),
Sepal.Width = c(3.5,
3,
3.2,
3.1)
)
I wonder if there's an existing RStudio add-in or a straightforward method to achieve this. I have not found a satisfactory answer on Stack Overflow, and previous interactions with ChatGPT were unhelpful.
subquestion 2
Is there a simple way within RStudio to obtain formatted function calls like:
function(
argumentA,
argumentB,
argumentC
)
Instead of a single line:
function(argumentA, argumentB, argumentC)
I'm seeking a method to improve code readability by breaking down function arguments onto new lines, and I wonder if there's a built-in feature or add-in for achieving this in RStudio. Any guidance would be appreciated.
For the first part, you can use the construct function from the construct package, which I believe outputs the exact thing you want. Here, on the full iris dataset:
library(constructive)
construct(iris)
Output:
data.frame(
Sepal.Length = c(
5.1, 4.9, 4.7, 4.6, 5, 5.4, 4.6, 5, 4.4, 4.9, 5.4, 4.8, 4.8, 4.3, 5.8, 5.7,
5.4, 5.1, 5.7, 5.1, 5.4, 5.1, 4.6, 5.1, 4.8, 5, 5, 5.2, 5.2, 4.7, 4.8, 5.4,
5.2, 5.5, 4.9, 5, 5.5, 4.9, 4.4, 5.1, 5, 4.5, 4.4, 5, 5.1, 4.8, 5.1, 4.6, 5.3,
5, 7, 6.4, 6.9, 5.5, 6.5, 5.7, 6.3, 4.9, 6.6, 5.2, 5, 5.9, 6, 6.1, 5.6, 6.7,
5.6, 5.8, 6.2, 5.6, 5.9, 6.1, 6.3, 6.1, 6.4, 6.6, 6.8, 6.7, 6, 5.7, 5.5, 5.5,
5.8, 6, 5.4, 6, 6.7, 6.3, 5.6, 5.5, 5.5, 6.1, 5.8, 5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.7, 6.2, 5.1,
5.7, 6.3, 5.8, 7.1, 6.3, 6.5, 7.6, 4.9, 7.3, 6.7, 7.2, 6.5, 6.4, 6.8, 5.7,
5.8, 6.4, 6.5, 7.7, 7.7, 6, 6.9, 5.6, 7.7, 6.3, 6.7, 7.2, 6.2, 6.1, 6.4, 7.2,
7.4, 7.9, 6.4, 6.3, 6.1, 7.7, 6.3, 6.4, 6, 6.9, 6.7, 6.9, 5.8, 6.8, 6.7, 6.7,
6.3, 6.5, 6.2, 5.9
),
Sepal.Width = c(
3.5, 3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.6, 3.9, 3.4, 3.4, 2.9, 3.1, 3.7, 3.4, 3, 3, 4, 4.4, 3.9,
3.5, 3.8, 3.8, 3.4, 3.7, 3.6, 3.3, 3.4, 3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.4, 3.2, 3.1, 3.4, 4.1,
4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3, 3.4, 3.5, 2.3, 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, 3, 3.8, 3.2, 3.7,
3.3, 3.2, 3.2, 3.1, 2.3, 2.8, 2.8, 3.3, 2.4, 2.9, 2.7, 2, 3, 2.2, 2.9, 2.9,
3.1, 3, 2.7, 2.2, 2.5, 3.2, 2.8, 2.5, 2.8, 2.9, 3, 2.8, 3, 2.9, 2.6, 2.4, 2.4,
2.7, 2.7, 3, 3.4, 3.1, 2.3, 3, 2.5, 2.6, 3, 2.6, 2.3, 2.7, 3, 2.9, 2.9, 2.5,
2.8, 3.3, 2.7, 3, 2.9, 3, 3, 2.5, 2.9, 2.5, 3.6, 3.2, 2.7, 3, 2.5, 2.8, 3.2,
3, 3.8, 2.6, 2.2, 3.2, 2.8, 2.8, 2.7, 3.3, 3.2, 2.8, 3, 2.8, 3, 2.8, 3.8, 2.8,
2.8, 2.6, 3, 3.4, 3.1, 3, 3.1, 3.1, 3.1, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3, 2.5, 3, 3.4, 3
),
Petal.Length = c(
1.4, 1.4, 1.3, 1.5, 1.4, 1.7, 1.4, 1.5, 1.4, 1.5, 1.5, 1.6, 1.4, 1.1, 1.2,
1.5, 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.5, 1.7, 1.5, 1, 1.7, 1.9, 1.6, 1.6, 1.5, 1.4, 1.6, 1.6,
1.5, 1.5, 1.4, 1.5, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.3, 1.5, 1.3, 1.3, 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1.4,
1.6, 1.4, 1.5, 1.4, 4.7, 4.5, 4.9, 4, 4.6, 4.5, 4.7, 3.3, 4.6, 3.9, 3.5, 4.2,
4, 4.7, 3.6, 4.4, 4.5, 4.1, 4.5, 3.9, 4.8, 4, 4.9, 4.7, 4.3, 4.4, 4.8, 5, 4.5,
3.5, 3.8, 3.7, 3.9, 5.1, 4.5, 4.5, 4.7, 4.4, 4.1, 4, 4.4, 4.6, 4, 3.3, 4.2,
4.2, 4.2, 4.3, 3, 4.1, 6, 5.1, 5.9, 5.6, 5.8, 6.6, 4.5, 6.3, 5.8, 6.1, 5.1,
5.3, 5.5, 5, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 6.7, 6.9, 5, 5.7, 4.9, 6.7, 4.9, 5.7, 6, 4.8, 4.9,
5.6, 5.8, 6.1, 6.4, 5.6, 5.1, 5.6, 6.1, 5.6, 5.5, 4.8, 5.4, 5.6, 5.1, 5.1,
5.9, 5.7, 5.2, 5, 5.2, 5.4, 5.1
),
Petal.Width = c(
0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.2,
0.4, 0.4, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.2, 0.4, 0.2, 0.5, 0.2, 0.2, 0.4, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2,
0.2, 0.4, 0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.3, 0.3, 0.2, 0.6, 0.4,
0.3, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.5, 1.3, 1.5, 1.3, 1.6, 1, 1.3, 1.4, 1,
1.5, 1, 1.4, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1, 1.5, 1.1, 1.8, 1.3, 1.5, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4,
1.7, 1.5, 1, 1.1, 1, 1.2, 1.6, 1.5, 1.6, 1.5, 1.3, 1.3, 1.3, 1.2, 1.4, 1.2, 1,
1.3, 1.2, 1.3, 1.3, 1.1, 1.3, 2.5, 1.9, 2.1, 1.8, 2.2, 2.1, 1.7, 1.8, 1.8,
2.5, 2, 1.9, 2.1, 2, 2.4, 2.3, 1.8, 2.2, 2.3, 1.5, 2.3, 2, 2, 1.8, 2.1, 1.8,
1.8, 1.8, 2.1, 1.6, 1.9, 2, 2.2, 1.5, 1.4, 2.3, 2.4, 1.8, 1.8, 2.1, 2.4, 2.3,
1.9, 2.3, 2.5, 2.3, 1.9, 2, 2.3, 1.8
),
Species = factor(rep(c("setosa", "versicolor", "virginica"), each = 50L))
For part 2, in Rstudio if you highlight your code shift + control + A it will properly reformat your code for you. (See here for the Stack Overflow question/answer to this part)