ifelse and if_else about tidytable HOT 1 CLOSED

Well that's not always the case as it's evaluate both outcomes.

Yep you're right, it isn't the same in this case. This is also how dplyr::if_else() works.

What I don't understand is that there is no function ifelse in tidytable, R interprets ifelse as if_else I think because of the usage of tidytable::mutate.

Yes this is a semi-hidden feature of tidytable - it automatically substitutes in the faster tidytable::if_else().

Is there another way to avoid that behavior without adding base:: in front of every ifelse in my code?

As you found, the best way to escape this behavior is to namespace the function using base::ifelse(). If that's too much typing you can always do something like creating your own function with a slightly different name. I used my_ifelse() in this example but you could name it anything you want.

library(tidytable)

df <- tidytable(x = 1:3)

my_ifelse <- function(...) {
  ifelse(...)
}

df %>%
  mutate(x_check = my_ifelse(x >= 1, "x", stop("condition not met")))
#> # A tidytable: 3 × 2
#>       x x_check
#>   <int> <chr>  
#> 1     1 x      
#> 2     2 x      
#> 3     3 x

Hope this helps! If you have any questions please let me know.

from tidytable.