Create a .Rmd template

`makRmdTemplate` will generate a .Rmd file with a header containing any project information provided in the function call.

makeRmdTemplate(
  rmd.dir = getwd(),
  rmd.name = NULL,
  rmd.output = "word",
  proj.name = NULL,
  start.date = format(Sys.Date(), "%B %d, %Y"),
  version = "1",
  client = NULL,
  client.dept = NULL,
  main.statistician = NULL,
  stats.collab = NULL,
  rmd.purpose = NULL,
  rmd.notes = NULL
)

Arguments

rmd.dir

A character string specifying the file path where the template will be stored. Defaults to getwd().

rmd.name

NULL or a character string specifying the name of the .Rmd file. If NULL, the file will be named p[proj.name]_rmd[currentdate]_v[version] or rmd[currentdate].

rmd.output

A character string specifying the type of Rmarkdown output to be created. Choices are: word, html or pdf. Defaults to word.

proj.name

NULL or a character string providing the name of the project to be included in the template name and/or header.

start.date

NULL or a character string providing the date to be included in the template header. Defaults to today's date.

version

NULL or a character string providing the project version to be included in the template name and/or header. Defaults to "1".

client

NULL or a character string providing the name(s) of client(s) to be included in the template header.

client.dept

NULL or a character string providing the affiliation of the client(s) to be included in the template header.

main.statistician

NULL or a character string providing the name of the primary statistician. This will be used in the template header.

stats.collab

NULL or a character string providing additional collaborators to be included as authors in the template header.

rmd.purpose

NULL or a character string providing the purpose for the generated template to be included in the template header.

rmd.notes

NULL or a character string providing additional notes to be included in the template header.

Details

You can append code and comments under the generated header by either creating a .basefile.Rmd file in your /home/<USERNAME> directory or by modifying the templates/basefile.Rmd file contained in the package library.

To find the location of your HOME directory, run `Sys.getenv("HOME")`.

To find the location of the included template file, run `system.file("templates", package = "startProject")`.

Author

Rocio Lopez, Rocio.LopezMoscoso@cuanschutz.edu

Examples

if (FALSE) makeRmdTemplate(rmd.name = "rmdTemplate")