polmineR (version 0.8.8)

as.sparseMatrix: Type conversion - get sparseMatrix.

Description

Turn objects into the sparseMatrix as defined in the Matrix package.

Usage

as.sparseMatrix(x, ...)
# S4 method for simple_triplet_matrix
as.sparseMatrix(x, ...)
# S4 method for TermDocumentMatrix
as.sparseMatrix(x, ...)
# S4 method for DocumentTermMatrix
as.sparseMatrix(x, ...)
# S4 method for bundle
as.sparseMatrix(x, col, ...)

Arguments

x

object to convert

...

Further arguments that are passed to a call to sparseMatrix. Can be used, for instance to set giveCsparse to FALSE to get a dgTMatrix, not a dgCMatrix.

col

column name to get values from (if x is a bundle)