xpose4 (version 4.7.3)

export.variable.definitions: Exports Xpose variable definitions to a file from an Xpose data object.

Description

This function exports variable definitions for a specified Xpose data object to a file.

Usage

export.variable.definitions(object, file = "")

Value

Null.

Arguments

object

An xpose.data object.

file

A file name as a string.

Author

Niclas Jonsson & Justin Wilkins

Details

This function exports variable definitions (contents of object@Prefs@Xvardef) for a given xpose.data object to a file, typically 'xpose.vardefs.ini'. Note that file format is not the same as used for graphics settings. It is a wrapper for the R function dput.

See Also

import.variable.definitions, xpose.prefs-class dput

Other data functions: add_transformed_columns, change_graphical_parameters, change_misc_parameters, compute.cwres(), data.checkout(), data_extract_or_assign, db.names(), export.graph.par(), import.graph.par(), import.variable.definitions(), make.sb.data(), nsim(), par_cov_summary, read.TTE.sim.data(), read.nm.tables(), read_NM_output, read_nm_table(), simprazExample(), tabulate.parameters(), xlabel(), xpose.data, xpose.print(), xpose4-package, xsubset()

Examples

od = setwd(tempdir()) # move to a temp directory
(cur.files <- dir()) # current files in temp directory

export.variable.definitions(simpraz.xpdb,file="xpose.vardefs.ini")
(new.files <- dir()[!(dir() %in% cur.files)])  # what files are new here?

file.remove(new.files) # remove this file
setwd(od)  # restore working directory