initBigMatrix: Create a new BigMatrix-derived class

In bigmemoryExtras: An extension of the bigmemory package with added safety, convenience, and a factor class

Description

Create a new BigMatrix-derived class

Usage

  .initBigMatrix(x = NULL,
    class = c("BigMatrix", "BigMatrixFactor"), backingfile,
    nrow, ncol, dimnames = NULL, type = "double", ...)

Arguments

x	NULL, matrix, or big.matrix. Optional data or big.matrix for new BigMatrix
class	character, class name. BigMatrix or BigMatrixFactor currently.
backingfile	character, full path to the file that will contain the data matrix
nrow	integer, number of rows in the matrix we are about to create
ncol	integer, number of columns in the matrix we are about to create
dimnames	list, list(rownames,colnames), as for a typical matrix
type	character, can be double, integer, or char
...	other args to pass to "new" method of generator object, like levels

Value

BigMatrix

bigmemoryExtras documentation built on Nov. 8, 2020, 5:17 p.m.