Access Appendix Content

This function extracts and returns the appendix portion of a unified database, optionally retrieving a specific appendix section by name using dot notation.

Usage

boilerplate_appendix(unified_db, name = NULL)

Arguments

unified_db

List. The unified boilerplate database containing appendix content

name

Character. Optional specific appendix section to retrieve using dot notation (e.g., "supplementary.tables" for nested content)

Value

List or character. The requested appendix database or specific section. If name is NULL, returns the entire appendix database. If name is specified, returns the content at that path.

Details

Access Appendix from Unified Database

Examples

# Create a temporary directory and initialise database
temp_dir <- tempdir()
data_path <- file.path(temp_dir, "boilerplate_appendix_example", "data")

# Initialise with default appendix content
boilerplate_init(
  categories = "appendix",
  data_path = data_path,
  create_dirs = TRUE,
  create_empty = FALSE,
  confirm = FALSE,
  quiet = TRUE
)

# Import all databases
unified_db <- boilerplate_import(data_path = data_path, quiet = TRUE)

# Get all appendix sections
appendix_db <- boilerplate_appendix(unified_db)
names(appendix_db)
#> [1] "supplementary_methods"      "sensitivity_analyses"      
#> [3] "additional_tables"          "alternative_specifications"

# Get a specific appendix section (if it exists)
if ("appendix" %in% names(unified_db) && length(unified_db$appendix) > 0) {
  section_names <- names(unified_db$appendix)
  if (length(section_names) > 0) {
    first_section <- boilerplate_appendix(unified_db, section_names[1])
  }
}

# Clean up
unlink(file.path(temp_dir, "boilerplate_appendix_example"), recursive = TRUE)