rxSetInfo: Set info such as a description
Description
Set .xdf file or data frame information, such as a description
Usage
rxSetInfo(data, description = "")
rxSetInfoXdf(file, description = "")
Arguments
data
An .xdf file name, an RxXdfData object, or a data frame.
file
An .xdf file name or an RxXdfData object
description
character string containing the file or data frame description
Value
An RxXdfData object representing the .xdf file, or a new
data frame with the .rxDescription
attribute set to the
specified description
.
See Also
Examples
# Create a sample data frame and .xdf file
outFile <- tempfile(pattern= ".rxTempFile", fileext = ".xdf")
if (file.exists(outFile)) file.remove(outFile)
origData <- data.frame(x=1:10)
rxDataStep(inData = origData, outFile = outFile, rowsPerRead = 5)
# Set a description in the data file
myDescription <- "Hello Data File!"
rxSetInfo( data = outFile, description = myDescription)
rxGetInfo(outFile)
# Read a data frame out of the output file
myData <- rxDataStep(outFile )
# Look at its attribute
attr(myData, ".rxDescription")
file.remove(outFile)
myNewDescription = "Good-by data."
myData <- rxSetInfo(data=myData, description = myNewDescription)
rxGetInfo(myData)