setType-methods: The 'setType' method
In mtk: Mexico ToolKit library (MTK)

Description Usage Arguments Value Details Author(s) Examples

Gives a new type to the underlying object.

1	setType(this, type)

`this`	the underlying object
`type`	a string indicating the new type for the data. It may be "numeric", "integer", "double", etc.

invisble()

Used by many classes. The behavior depends on the underlying class.

Juhui WANG, MIA-jouy, INRA

# Define a factor
	x1 <- make.mtkFactor(name="x1", type="double", distribName="unif",
		 distribPara=list(min=-pi, max=pi))
		 
# Change the numeric value of the factor to "numeric" type.

	setType(x1, type="numeric")
	
# Create a  new object of mtkValue
d <- mtkValue("a", "double", 0)

# Change the numeric value of the object to "numeric" type.
setType(d, "numeric")