ListData: Makes a list includable in a data.frame

In DistributionalDDA: Distributional Data Analysis in Bayes Spaces

Makes a list includable in a data.frame

Description

data.frame objects treat lists as variables and not as cases. This functions presents the list as data to a data.frame. For better printing the elements of the list will be represented as a name.

Usage

ListDataEnv

ListData(x)

ListDataRecover(hash)

storingDigester(x, env = environment(x))

## S3 method for class 'ListData'
format(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'BData'
format(x, ...)

## S3 method for class 'ListData'
as.data.frame(x, row.names = NULL, optional = FALSE, ...)

## S3 method for class 'BData'
as.data.frame(x, row.names = NULL, optional = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

x	a list like to be converted to something includable in a data.frame.
hash	the displayed name of the object as character string
env	the environment keeping the object in the hash, if none provided, .GlobalEnv is used.
...	for generic use
row.names	the row names for the dataset
optional	unused, see [as.data.frame] for details

Format

An object of class environment of length 1.

Details

The first letter of the name is the first letter of the class, then comes a '_' and then a alphanumerical digest, of the objects. As long as the object is in reach, it can be inspected by this name.

Afterwards an NA of class "ForgottenObject" is returned.

Value

the object x with an additional "ListData" class attribute

Methods (by generic)

• format(ListData): formats as the digest

• as.data.frame(ListData): converts to a data.frame

Functions

• ListDataEnv: the environment in which the digests can be found

• ListDataRecover(): recovers object from the digest

• storingDigester(): returns a recoverable digest of the object

• format(BData): formats as the digest

• as.data.frame(BData): converts to a data.frame

Examples

FX = ListData(
   list(function(x) x,
        function(x) x^2,
        function(x) x^3))
FX
D = data.frame(X=FX,Y=FX)
D
N = format(FX)[[1]]
N
ListDataRecover(N)
attach(ListDataEnv)
get(N)
N2 = storingDigester(function(x) sin(x))
N2
ListDataRecover(N2)
detach(ListDataEnv)

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