typecast

Atomic and List Type Casting With Names and Dimensions Preserved

Description

Type casting usually strips away attributes of objects.
The functions provided here preserve dim, dimnames, names, comment, and broadcaster attributes, which may be more convenient for arrays and array-like objects.

The functions are as follows:

  • as_bool(): converts object to atomic type logical (TRUE, FALSE, NA).

  • as_int(): converts object to atomic type integer.

  • as_dbl(): converts object to atomic type double (AKA numeric).

  • as_cplx(): converts object to atomic type complex.

  • as_chr(): converts object to atomic type character.

  • as_raw(): converts object to atomic type raw.

  • as_list(): converts object to recursive type list.

as_num() is an alias for as_dbl().
as_str() is an alias for as_chr().

See also typeof.

Usage

as_bool(x, ...)

as_int(x, ...)

as_dbl(x, ...)

as_num(x, ...)

as_chr(x, ...)

as_str(x, ...)

as_cplx(x, ...)

as_raw(x, ...)

as_list(x, ...)

Arguments

x an R object.
… further arguments passed to or from other methods.

Value

The converted object.

Examples

library("broadcast")


# matrix example ====
x <- matrix(sample(-1:28), ncol = 5)
colnames(x) <- month.name[1:5]
rownames(x) <- month.abb[1:6]
names(x) <- c(letters[1:20], LETTERS[1:10])
print(x)
##     January February March April May
## Jan      15        2    11    21  14
## Feb      16        7    19    13  -1
## Mar      10       27    26    20  12
## Apr       6        8    28    17   5
## May      18        9     4     3   0
## Jun      24       25     1    22  23
## attr(,"names")
##  [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s"
## [20] "t" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J"

as_bool(x)
##     January February March April   May
## Jan    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## Feb    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## Mar    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## Apr    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## May    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE FALSE
## Jun    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE  TRUE
## attr(,"names")
##  [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s"
## [20] "t" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J"
as_int(x)
##     January February March April May
## Jan      15        2    11    21  14
## Feb      16        7    19    13  -1
## Mar      10       27    26    20  12
## Apr       6        8    28    17   5
## May      18        9     4     3   0
## Jun      24       25     1    22  23
## attr(,"names")
##  [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s"
## [20] "t" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J"
as_dbl(x)
##     January February March April May
## Jan      15        2    11    21  14
## Feb      16        7    19    13  -1
## Mar      10       27    26    20  12
## Apr       6        8    28    17   5
## May      18        9     4     3   0
## Jun      24       25     1    22  23
## attr(,"names")
##  [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s"
## [20] "t" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J"
as_chr(x)
##     January February March April May 
## Jan "15"    "2"      "11"  "21"  "14"
## Feb "16"    "7"      "19"  "13"  "-1"
## Mar "10"    "27"     "26"  "20"  "12"
## Apr "6"     "8"      "28"  "17"  "5" 
## May "18"    "9"      "4"   "3"   "0" 
## Jun "24"    "25"     "1"   "22"  "23"
## attr(,"names")
##  [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s"
## [20] "t" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J"
as_cplx(x)
##     January February March April   May
## Jan   15+0i     2+0i 11+0i 21+0i 14+0i
## Feb   16+0i     7+0i 19+0i 13+0i -1+0i
## Mar   10+0i    27+0i 26+0i 20+0i 12+0i
## Apr    6+0i     8+0i 28+0i 17+0i  5+0i
## May   18+0i     9+0i  4+0i  3+0i  0+0i
## Jun   24+0i    25+0i  1+0i 22+0i 23+0i
## attr(,"names")
##  [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s"
## [20] "t" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J"
as_raw(x)
##     January February March April May
## Jan      0f       02    0b    15  0e
## Feb      10       07    13    0d  00
## Mar      0a       1b    1a    14  0c
## Apr      06       08    1c    11  05
## May      12       09    04    03  00
## Jun      18       19    01    16  17
## attr(,"names")
##  [1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s"
## [20] "t" "A" "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J"


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# factor example ====
x <- factor(month.abb, levels = month.abb)
names(x) <- month.name
print(x)
##   January  February     March     April       May      June      July    August 
##       Jan       Feb       Mar       Apr       May       Jun       Jul       Aug 
## September   October  November  December 
##       Sep       Oct       Nov       Dec 
## Levels: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

as_bool(as_int(x) > 6)
##   January  February     March     April       May      June      July    August 
##     FALSE     FALSE     FALSE     FALSE     FALSE     FALSE      TRUE      TRUE 
## September   October  November  December 
##      TRUE      TRUE      TRUE      TRUE
as_int(x)
##   January  February     March     April       May      June      July    August 
##         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8 
## September   October  November  December 
##         9        10        11        12
as_dbl(x)
##   January  February     March     April       May      June      July    August 
##         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8 
## September   October  November  December 
##         9        10        11        12
as_chr(x)
##   January  February     March     April       May      June      July    August 
##     "Jan"     "Feb"     "Mar"     "Apr"     "May"     "Jun"     "Jul"     "Aug" 
## September   October  November  December 
##     "Sep"     "Oct"     "Nov"     "Dec"
as_cplx(x)
##   January  February     March     April       May      June      July    August 
##  1+0i  2+0i  3+0i  4+0i  5+0i  6+0i  7+0i  8+0i
## September   October  November  December 
##  9+0i 10+0i 11+0i 12+0i
as_raw(x)
##   January  February     March     April       May      June      July    August 
##        01        02        03        04        05        06        07        08 
## September   October  November  December 
##        09        0a        0b        0c