DatABEL (version 0.0-7)

make_empty_fvf: makes empty filevector object...

Description

makes empty filevector object

Usage

make_empty_fvf(name, nvariables, nobservations, type="DOUBLE")

Arguments

name

name fo the file to be assoiated with new object

nvariables

number of variables (R columns)

nobservations

number of observations (R rows)

type

data type of the object ("UNSIGNED_SHORT_INT", "SHORT_INT", "UNSIGNED_INT", "INT", "FLOAT", "DOUBLE")

Value

• databel_filtered_R object; also file is created in file system

Details

function to generate empty filevector object (and disk files)