A logr log is composed of three parts:
The log header provides an introduction to your log. The header block contains the path of the log file, the working directory, the name of the user, a date-time stamp, and other useful information concerning the operating environment.
The log body comprises the primary content of your log. The body will
be populated with print-outs from the objects you send to the log with
log_print()
, put()
and sep()
. The
objects will be printed to the log just as they are printed to the
console.
Optional notes will be written to the log for every call to
log_print()
or put()
. The notes will follow
the printing of the object, and will include a date-time stamp and the
elapsed time since the last call. If the object is of class
data.frame
the number of rows and columns will also be
noted.
Notes can be turned off with the show_notes
parameter on
log_open()
, or by setting the global option
logr.notes
to FALSE.
The log footer concludes the log with another date-time stamp for the log end time, and a total elapsed time for the entire script.
Note that during batch runs or when sourcing a script, the log footer may not be generated if the script errors. Instead, the last line of the log will be the error message.
Here is an example log showing each of the log parts described above:
=========================================================================
Log Path: C:/Users/dbosa/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpQtOzhy/log/test.log
Working Directory: C:/packages/logr
User Name: dbosak
R Version: R Under development (unstable) (2020-06-29 r78751)
Machine: BOSAK-MAIN x86-64
Operating System: Windows 10 x64 build 18362
Base Packages: stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
Other Packages: logr_1.2.7 dplyr_1.0.7
Log Start Time: 2020-06-30 07:15:52
=========================================================================
High Mileage Cars Subset
NOTE: Log Print Time: 2020-06-30 07:15:52
NOTE: Elapsed Time in seconds: 0.0219531059265137
mpg cyl disp hp drat wt qsec vs am gear carb
Mazda RX4 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.620 16.46 0 1 4 4
Mazda RX4 Wag 21.0 6 160.0 110 3.90 2.875 17.02 0 1 4 4
Datsun 710 22.8 4 108.0 93 3.85 2.320 18.61 1 1 4 1
Hornet 4 Drive 21.4 6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44 1 0 3 1
Merc 240D 24.4 4 146.7 62 3.69 3.190 20.00 1 0 4 2
Merc 230 22.8 4 140.8 95 3.92 3.150 22.90 1 0 4 2
Fiat 128 32.4 4 78.7 66 4.08 2.200 19.47 1 1 4 1
Honda Civic 30.4 4 75.7 52 4.93 1.615 18.52 1 1 4 2
Toyota Corolla 33.9 4 71.1 65 4.22 1.835 19.90 1 1 4 1
Toyota Corona 21.5 4 120.1 97 3.70 2.465 20.01 1 0 3 1
Fiat X1-9 27.3 4 79.0 66 4.08 1.935 18.90 1 1 4 1
Porsche 914-2 26.0 4 120.3 91 4.43 2.140 16.70 0 1 5 2
Lotus Europa 30.4 4 95.1 113 3.77 1.513 16.90 1 1 5 2
Volvo 142E 21.4 4 121.0 109 4.11 2.780 18.60 1 1 4 2
NOTE: Data frame has 14 rows and 11 columns.
NOTE: Log Print Time: 2020-06-30 07:15:52
NOTE: Elapsed Time in seconds: 0.0508558750152588
=========================================================================
Log End Time: 2020-06-30 07:15:53
Log Elapsed Time: 0 00:00:00
=========================================================================
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