This package helps mimic the idiomatic python importing of packages such as
import dplyr as d
In order to mimic this as closely as possible, the function importAs
takes a package name and a (short?) name for that and creates a linkage.
Helpful information is provided when printing and within the RStudio
Environment pane
importAs(dplyr, d)
#> Namespace 'dplyr' can be referenced as 'd'
## or ##
dplyr %importAs% d
#> Namespace 'dplyr' can be referenced as 'd'
d
#> Namespace 'dplyr' can be referenced as 'd'
#> [1] "dplyr"
d::filter(mtcars, cyl == 4, am == 1)
#> mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
#> 1 22.8 4 108.0 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
#> 2 32.4 4 78.7 66 4.08 2.200 19.47 1 1 4 1
#> 3 30.4 4 75.7 52 4.93 1.615 18.52 1 1 4 2
#> 4 33.9 4 71.1 65 4.22 1.835 19.90 1 1 4 1
#> 5 27.3 4 79.0 66 4.08 1.935 18.90 1 1 4 1
#> 6 26.0 4 120.3 91 4.43 2.140 16.70 0 1 5 2
#> 7 30.4 4 95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90 1 1 5 2
#> 8 21.4 4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60 1 1 4 2For full details, see the vignette ‘namespace-shorthands’.
You can install the development version of importAs with
## install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("jonocarroll/importAs")