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ffbase (version 0.6-2)

ffdfappend: Append a dataframe or an ffdf to another ffdf

Description

Appends a dataframe or an ffdf called dat to an existing ffdf called x. Please note that the data of x will be coerced to the type of y if the corresponding column of y has a higher vmode.

Usage

ffdfappend(x, dat, recode = TRUE, adjustvmode = TRUE,
    ...)

Arguments

x
ffdf object where data will be appended to. If x==NULL a new ffdf object will be created
dat
ffdf object or data.frame object
recode
should factors be recoded (default), or not (faster)
adjustvmode
logical, indicating to coerce the columns of x to a higher vmode to make sure y is appended without loss of information.
...
Further arguments passed to as.ffdf, when x==NULL

Value

  • ffdf object with same physical storage as x unless the corresponding column of y has a higher vmode in which case the data will be cloned to the higher vmode

See Also

c.ff