posts/2021-11-23-getting-started-with-unit-testing-in-r/

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posts/2021-11-23-getting-started-with-unit-testing-in-r/

Automating the dev work you are probably already doing

https://www.pipinghotdata.com/posts/2021-11-23-getting-started-with-unit-testing-in-r/

[mkmor]

Thanks for this great intro. One function I'm testing is dependent on data from previous functions, so I have saved those outputs as .rda files into tests/testthat/testdata. Running the test manually, I can load the data prior to running test_that with load(test_path("testdata","data.rda")), and the test passes. However, when running automatically the test fails because "data" does not exist in the environment. My function calls the data internally, not as an argument when calling the function. Do you have any advice? Thanks!

[shannonpileggi]

Hi! Thanks for the kind words. 😊 I don't have any specific suggestions without doing research myself. I suggest posting on Stack Overflow or Posit Community. Happy testing! 🥳