A function that may be called by lapply()
to assign all of the variables in the given environment to slots within a list. This
make_branch(
analyst = "",
study_name = "",
movement_type = "",
years = 1,
seasons = 1,
ages = 1,
extended_plus_group = 1,
first_year = 1,
last_year = 1,
season = 1,
recruitment = "",
growth = "",
selectivity = "",
movement = data.frame(1),
natural_mortality = data.frame(1),
fishing_mortality = data.frame(0.2),
area = "",
population = "",
likelihood_component = "",
fleet = "",
survey = ""
)
each of the arguments needs to exist in your working directory. If they do, they will be assigned to a list that is then returned.