7  R Code Style

This chapter has moved to Principles of Scientific Computing, the Morrison Lab’s general-purpose guide to coding for research projects: R Code Style (source: https://github.com/Morrison-Lab/psc).

That page covers:

• General Principles
• Clean Code Principles
• Function Structure and Documentation
• Assertions and Input Validation
• Avoiding Deep Nesting
• Prefer Existing Packaged Functions
• Prefer Per-Operation Grouping
• Avoid Hard-Coding Data with an External Source of Truth
• Construct Complex Inputs Before the Call
• Comments
• Line Breaks and Formatting
• Markdown and Quarto Formatting
• Messaging and User Communication
• Package Code Practices
• Tidyverse Replacements
• The here Package
• Object Naming
• Automated Tools for Style and Project Workflow
• Additional Resources

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