FeatureExtraction (version 3.7.2)

saveCovariateData: Save the covariate data to folder

Description

saveCovariateData saves an object of type covariateData to folder.

Usage

saveCovariateData(covariateData, file)

Value

No return value, called for side effects.

Arguments

covariateData

An object of type covariateData as generated using getDbCovariateData.

file

The name of the folder where the data will be written. The folder should not yet exist.

Details

The data will be written to a set of files in the folder specified by the user.

Examples

# \donttest{
covariateData <- FeatureExtraction::createEmptyCovariateData(
  cohortIds = 1,
  aggregated = FALSE,
  temporal = FALSE
)
# For this example we'll use a temporary file location:
fileName <- tempfile()
saveCovariateData(covariateData = covariateData, file = fileName)
# Cleaning up the file used in this example:
unlink(fileName)
# }