R/named_MM.R

Defines functions read_named_MM read_named_MM_header is_MM

Documented in is_MM read_named_MM read_named_MM_header

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#' Identify if a file is in MatrixMarket text format
#'
#' @param file the file to read
#'
#' @return A logical. If FALSE, the first line of the file is returned as
#' an attribute named "r1": `attr(is_MM, "r1")`
#'
#' @export
#'
is_MM <- function(file) {
  r1 <- readLines(file, n = 1)
  sms <- "%%MatrixMarket"
  toRet <- substr(r1, 1, nchar(sms)) == sms
  if (!toRet) {
    attr(toRet, "r1") <- r1
  }
  return(toRet)
}


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#' Read the header of a named sparse matrix in MatrixMarket text format
#'
#' @param file the file to read
#' @param guess_max the number of lines to read to find the header.
#' (4 should be sufficient. Default: 20)
#'
#' @return A list with the following fields:
#' - rownames: a character vector with the matrix row names
#' - colnames: a character vector with the matrix column names
#' - rows: the number of matrix rows
#' - columns: the number of matrix columns
#' - values: the number of values in the matrix
#' - header_length: the number of lines in the header
#'
#' @export
#'
read_named_MM_header <- function(file, guess_max = 20) {
  h <- readLines(file, n = guess_max)
  rn <- strsplit(
    sub("^%%Rownames: ", "", h[grep("^%%Rownames: ", h)]),
    split = "\t"
  )[[1]]
  cn <- strsplit(
    sub("^%%Colnames: ", "", h[grep("^%%Colnames: ", h)]),
    split = "\t"
  )[[1]]
  hl <- grep("^%%", h, invert = TRUE)[1]
  n <- as.numeric(strsplit(
    h[hl],
    split = " "
  )[[1]])
  nr <- n[1]
  nc <- n[2]
  nv <- n[3]
  stopifnot(nr == length(rn), nc == length(cn))
  return(list(
    rownames = rn,
    colnames = cn,
    rows = nr,
    columns = nc,
    values = nv,
    header_length = hl
  ))
}

###############################################################################@
#' Read a named sparse matrix in MatrixMarket text format
#'
#' @param file the file to read
#' @param skip the number of records to skip (default: 0)
#' @param n_max the maximum number of records to read (default: Inf)
#' @param class the class of object to return. By default a "dgCMatrix".
#' If "tibble" is chosen, the sparse matrix is returned as a tibble with
#' 3 columns: i (row index), j (column index) and x (values) and
#' an "header" attribute containing the matrix rownames and colnames.
#' @param guess_max the number of lines to read to find the header.
#' (see [read_named_MM_header()])
#'
#' @return By default a dgCMatrix.
#' If the "tibble" class is chosen, the sparse matrix is returned as
#' a tibble with 3 columns: i (row index), j (column index) and x (values) and
#' an "header" attribute containing the matrix rownames and colnames.
#'
#' @export
#'
read_named_MM <- function(
  file,
  skip = 0,
  n_max = Inf,
  class = c("dgCMatrix", "tibble"),
  guess_max = 20
) {
  class <- match.arg(class)
  h <- read_named_MM_header(file, guess_max = guess_max)

  ## The following chunck is about dealing with many rownames or colnames
  ## in gz compressed files
  ovcs <- Sys.getenv("VROOM_CONNECTION_SIZE")
  on.exit(Sys.setenv("VROOM_CONNECTION_SIZE" = ovcs))
  Sys.setenv(
    "VROOM_CONNECTION_SIZE" = max(
      c(
        utils::object.size(h$rownames),
        utils::object.size(h$colnames),
        as.numeric(ovcs)
      ),
      na.rm = TRUE
    )
  )
  ##

  td <- readr::read_delim(
    file,
    delim = "\t",
    col_names = c("i", "j", "x"),
    col_types = "iin",
    skip = h$header_length + skip,
    n_max = n_max
  )
  if (class == "dgCMatrix") {
    toRet <- Matrix::sparseMatrix(
      i = td$i,
      j = td$j,
      x = td$x,
      dimnames = list(h$rownames[1:max(td$i)], h$colnames[1:max(td$j)])
    )
  }
  if (class == "tibble") {
    toRet <- td
    attr(toRet, "header") <- h
  }
  return(toRet)
}

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