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       5        8     2    -1  23
#> Feb       6        3    22     0  26
#> Mar      19        1     4    12  24
#> Apr       9       17    27    16  28
#> May      15       11    21    13  25
#> Jun      14       18    10     7  20
#> 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 FALSE TRUE
#> Mar    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE TRUE
#> Apr    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE TRUE
#> May    TRUE     TRUE  TRUE  TRUE TRUE
#> 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       5        8     2    -1  23
#> Feb       6        3    22     0  26
#> Mar      19        1     4    12  24
#> Apr       9       17    27    16  28
#> May      15       11    21    13  25
#> Jun      14       18    10     7  20
#> 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       5        8     2    -1  23
#> Feb       6        3    22     0  26
#> Mar      19        1     4    12  24
#> Apr       9       17    27    16  28
#> May      15       11    21    13  25
#> Jun      14       18    10     7  20
#> 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 "5"     "8"      "2"   "-1"  "23"
#> Feb "6"     "3"      "22"  "0"   "26"
#> Mar "19"    "1"      "4"   "12"  "24"
#> Apr "9"     "17"     "27"  "16"  "28"
#> May "15"    "11"     "21"  "13"  "25"
#> Jun "14"    "18"     "10"  "7"   "20"
#> 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    5+0i     8+0i  2+0i -1+0i 23+0i
#> Feb    6+0i     3+0i 22+0i  0+0i 26+0i
#> Mar   19+0i     1+0i  4+0i 12+0i 24+0i
#> Apr    9+0i    17+0i 27+0i 16+0i 28+0i
#> May   15+0i    11+0i 21+0i 13+0i 25+0i
#> Jun   14+0i    18+0i 10+0i  7+0i 20+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      05       08    02    00  17
#> Feb      06       03    16    00  1a
#> Mar      13       01    04    0c  18
#> Apr      09       11    1b    10  1c
#> May      0f       0b    15    0d  19
#> Jun      0e       12    0a    07  14
#> 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