h5 (version 0.9.1)

DataSet-Extend: Functions to Extend a DataSet

Description

DataSets can be extended with R--objects (e.g. vectors, matrices, arrays) if the following conditions are met:

1. Datatype ofDataSetand R-object are compatible.

Dimensions of DataSet and R-object match (no recycling). DataSet does not exceed maximum dimensions as specified at creation.

Usage

extendDataSet(.Object, dims)
## S3 method for class 'DataSet,numeric':
extendDataSet(.Object, dims)
## S3 method for class 'DataSet':
c(x, ..., recursive = FALSE)

Arguments

.Object,x

DataSet; S4 object of class DataSet;

dims

numeric; Dimensions of DataSet.

...

additional arguments passed to c.

recursive

logical; Argument passed to c.

Details

Known base functions have been overloaded to extend vectors (c) and matrices (rbind, cbind). Also the lower--level S4--method extendDataSet can be used to extend existing DataSet objects.