oce (version 0.8-3)

addColumn: Add a column to an oce object

Description

Add a column to an oce object's data.

Usage

addColumn(x, data, name)

Arguments

x

A ctd object, e.g. as read by read.ctd.

data

the data (length must match length of columns in existing x@data data frame).

name

the name of the column.

Value

• An object of class oce, with a new column.

Details

If there is already a column with the given name, its contents are replaced by the new value.

See Also

ctdAddColumn does a similar thing for ctd objects, and is in fact called, if x is of class ctd.

Examples

library(oce)
data(ctd) 
st <- swSigmaTheta(salinity(ctd), temperature(ctd), pressure(ctd))
new <- addColumn(ctd, st, "sigmaTheta")