create_directory

Helper function called within other functions to check whether the intended output directory exists, and if not, create it. Particularly useful when many files are generated programmatically with an expected structure.

Usage

create_directory(filepath)

Arguments

filepath

character string representing a file path

Value

Prints either "Creating directory: filepath" if directory did not already exist, or "Writing to directory: filepath" if it did already exist.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
create_directory(filepath = "Desktop/example")

# will create nested directories as needed
create_directory(filepath = "Desktop/example/test")
}