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Use object name (symbol) in cli message in R
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object_name_message.md 
object_name_message <- function(x){
  cli::cli_inform("The object you passed is called {substitute(x)}")
}

object_name_message(letters)
#> The object you passed is called letters

Created on 2025-06-26 with reprex v2.1.1

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object_name_message.R
object_name_message <- function(x){
cli::cli_inform("The object you passed is called {substitute(x)}")
}
object_name_message(letters)
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PietrH commented Jun 26, 2025

Example of pluralisation, field name (argument) formatting, and a filepath:

cli::cli_warn(
      "No observations found for {length(missing_years)} year{?s}: {.field {missing_years}} in {.file {filepath}}."
    )

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