Converts a type string such as "num[0:1]" or "int[0+]" into its
component parts.
Usage
parse_metric_type(type_str)
Arguments
- type_str
A single character string (e.g. "num", "int[0+]",
"num[0:1]"). Returns NULL for unrecognised formats, NA, or "".
Value
A list with elements base ("num" or "int"), lb (numeric or
NULL), ub (numeric or NULL), is_open (logical), or NULL if the
format is not recognised.
