Splitting an ecogen object by group

The function splits an ecogen object into the groups defined in the slot S. If asList is TRUE, a list with the objects is created , that can be assigned to a name with regular rules, using the operator "<-". Otherwise, the function creates in the workspace an ecogen object for each group with the following nomenclature: <name of ecogen object>.<name of the group>.

eco.split(eco, hier, name = NULL, overwrite = FALSE, missing = c("0",
  "NA", "MEAN"), asList = TRUE)

Arguments

eco	Object of class "ecogen".
hier	The name of the S slot column with labels assigning individuals to groups.
name	Name used for the output objects. Default is the name of the input,followed by a suffix (see Description).
overwrite	Overwrite files with the same name of the output if already present in workspace when asList = FALSE? Default FALSE.
missing	Missing data argument This can take three values ("0", "NA" or "MEAN"), as described in ecogen. #' Missing elements are treated as zeros in the default option.
asList	Return a list with the objects instead of creating objects in workspace? Default = TRUE

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data(eco3)
eco3


# list of objects
x <- eco.split(eco3, "structure", asList = TRUE)


# rebinding
eco.bind <- eco.rbind(x)


# note that different subsets can also be created
S1.3 <- eco.rbind(x[[1]], x[[3]])


# split and create objects with prefix "eco3"
eco.split(eco3,"structure", asList = FALSE)


# split and create objects with prefix "newObjects"
eco.split(eco3,"structure", "newObjects", asList = FALSE)



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