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Find used functions and packages

Source: R/scan_usage.R
scan_usage.Rd

Statically scans R source files for package attachments and function calls. It recognizes library(), require(), requireNamespace(), and use().

Usage

scan_usage(
  path = ".",
  universe,
  ignore_unqualified_functions = .stdlib_funs,
  strict = FALSE,
  skip_dirs = .scan_skip_dirs,
  metapackages = NULL,
  use_knitr = FALSE
)

Arguments

path

A single project directory (searched recursively) or a vector of files (.R/.Rmd/.qmd).

universe

A universe returned by build_universe_data().

ignore_unqualified_functions

Defaults to exports from base R packages listed in stdlib_funs(). Character vector of function names to ignore when attributing (unqualified) calls. Calls like pkg::fun() will NOT be ignored even if fun is in ignore_unqualified_functions, since they are namespaced.

strict

If FALSE (default), warn on ambiguous function calls whose origin cannot be determined exactly. If TRUE, abort on ambiguous calls.

skip_dirs

Character vector of directory names to skip when scanning a directory. Defaults to scan_skip_dirs().

metapackages

Named list mapping attached package names to additional packages that should be treated as co-attached for unqualified resolution. Defaults to NULL.

use_knitr

Logical. If TRUE, parse .Rmd and .qmd files with knitr::purl(), which resolves knitr features the in-house parser ignores, such as child documents. It also comments out eval=FALSE and purl=FALSE chunks, so usage in them goes unrecorded. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

A list of packages, resolved functions, and ambiguous function calls.

Details

Explicit package references from library(), require(), requireNamespace(), use(), and pkg::fun are only recorded when their package is included in allowed_packages. The scanner attributes an unqualified function only when library() or require() attached a package earlier in the same file and the supplied indexes can resolve the call. metapackages can add packages to that attachment set. If several attached packages export the function, the most recently attached match wins. The scanner attributes known re-exports to their origin package and otherwise to the resolved package.

Examples

path <- tempfile(fileext = ".R")
writeLines(
  c(
    "# one messy analysis file",
    "library(stats)",
    "requireNamespace(\"utils\")",
    "filter(1:10, rep(1, 3))",
    "utils::head(letters)"
  ),
  path
)
universe <- build_universe_data(c("stats", "utils"))
scan_usage(path, universe, ignore_unqualified_functions = character())
#> ℹ Searching /tmp/Rtmpy2zKxX/file1b0122b608fc.R
#> $packages
#> [1] "stats" "utils"
#> 
#> $functions
#> [1] "stats::filter" "utils::head"  
#> 
#> $ambiguous
#> character(0)
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "scan_usage"
unlink(path)