test_that("correctly recognizes wrong variable types", { df_test <- read.csv("./input/df_test.csv") # Character variables expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, 1, "periods", "values", 3, F, T)) expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "country", 1, "values", 3, F, T)) expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "country", "periods", 1, 3, F, T)) expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "country", "periods", "policy", 3, F, T)) # Logical variables expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "country", "periods", "values", 3, "T", F)) expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "country", "periods", "values", 3, T, "T")) # Numeric variables expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "country", "periods", "values", "2", F, T)) }) test_that("correctly recognizes variables missing from dataset", { df_test <- read.csv("./input/df_test.csv") # Character variables expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "country", "periods", "policy", 3, F, T)) expect_error(ComputeShifts(df_test, "state", "periods", "values", 3, F, T)) }) test_that("correctly adds the desired number of shifts", { df_test <- read.csv("./input/df_test.csv") # Add 1 lead/lag expect_equal(ncol(ComputeShifts(df_test, idvar = "country", timevar = "periods", shiftvar = "values", shiftvalues = 2)), ncol(df_test) + 1) expect_equal(ncol(ComputeShifts(df_test, idvar = "country", timevar = "periods", shiftvar = "values", shiftvalues = -2)), ncol(df_test) + 1) # Add multiple leads/lags expect_equal(ncol(ComputeShifts(df_test, idvar = "country", timevar = "periods", shiftvar = "values", shiftvalues = 1:2)), ncol(df_test) + 2) expect_equal(ncol(ComputeShifts(df_test, idvar = "country", timevar = "periods", shiftvar = "values", shiftvalues = -2:-1)), ncol(df_test) + 2) }) test_that("the columns added have correct suffixes", { df_test <- read.csv("./input/df_test.csv") df_lags <- ComputeShifts(df_test, idvar = "country", timevar = "periods", shiftvar = "values", shiftvalues = 1:2) v_newvars <- setdiff(colnames(df_lags), colnames(df_test)) expect_true(all(grepl("_lag", v_newvars))) df_leads <- ComputeShifts(df_test, idvar = "country", timevar = "periods", shiftvar = "values", shiftvalues = -2:-1) v_newvars <- setdiff(colnames(df_leads), colnames(df_test)) expect_true(all(grepl("_lead", v_newvars))) }) test_that("correctly shifts variable when there are holes in timevar", { df <- data.frame( id = c(rep("A", 4), rep("B", 2), rep("C", 3)), time = c(1, 2, 4, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4), z = c(10, 12, 13, 14, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), z_lag1 = c(NA, 10, NA, 13, NA, 8, NA, 10, 11), z_lead1 = c(12, NA, 14, NA, 9, NA, 11, 12, NA) ) df_shifts <- ComputeShifts(df[, c("id", "time", "z")], idvar = "id", timevar = "time", shiftvar = "z", shiftvalues = c(-1, 1), timevar_holes = TRUE) expect_equal(df$z_lead1, df_shifts$z_lead1) expect_equal(df$z_lag1, df_shifts$z_lag1) })