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