ff (version 4.0.4)

dimnames.ff: Getting and setting dimnames

Description

For ff_arrays you can set dimnames.

Usage

# S3 method for ff_array
dimnames(x)
  # S3 method for ff_array
dimnames(x) <- value

Arguments

x

a ff array (or matrix)

value

a list with length(dim(x)) elements (either NULL of character vector of length of dimension

Value

dimnames returns a list, see dimnames

Details

if vw is set, dimnames.ff\_array returns the appropriate part of the names, but you can't set dimnames while vw is set. dimnames returns NULL for ff_vectors and setting dimnames for ff_vector is not allowed, but setting names is.

See Also

dimnames, dim.ff , names.ff , vw, virtual

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  x <- ff(1:12, dim=c(3,4), dimnames=list(letters[1:3], LETTERS[1:4]))
  dimnames(x)
  dimnames(x) <- list(LETTERS[1:3], letters[1:4])
  dimnames(x)
  dimnames(x) <- NULL
  dimnames(x)
  rm(x); gc()
# }