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      11       23     2    21   8
#> Feb      12       24     6    28  25
#> Mar      15        5    17     3  10
#> Apr       4       26    27     9   0
#> May      13       19    18     7   1
#> Jun      20       16    -1    22  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"

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


################################################################################

# 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