Message-ID: <573F58C5.3000504@gmail.com>
Date: 2016-05-20T18:34:45Z
From: Ben Bolker
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] Data for unit testing in packages
In-Reply-To: <CAP+==URKD20zfBHWzu-x2JBdW=12qH6Dp1aPhSybTVJFapCgpw@mail.gmail.com>
I usually put it in inst/testdata and access it via system.file()
On 16-05-20 01:45 PM, carlos cinelli wrote:
> Do you guys have any suggestions on how to store data for unit testing?
>
> I am implementing some methods to estimate matrix entries from the
> marginals. The input of the function is the row and column sums and the
> output is a N x N matrix.
>
> What I am doing today is constructing the expected output by hand.
>
> One example I am testing is a 7 x 7 matrix, which is fine to just put the
> code to create it on the test script.
>
> However, I also want to create tests on larger examples, say a 1000 x 1000
> matrix, in which it would not be very handy to leave the code on the script.
>
> Do you have any suggestions or best practices for that?
>
> Best,
>
> Carlos
>
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