raster (version 1.8-3)

stackSelect: Select cell values from a multi-layer Raster* object

Description

Use a single layer object to select cell values from different layers in a multi-layer Raster* object. The single layer y should have cell values between 1 and nlayers(x). The values of y are rounded.

Usage

stackSelect(x, y, filename='', ...)

Arguments

x

A RasterStack or RasterBrick object

y

A Raster* object with a single layer (e.g. RasterLayer)

filename

Character. Optional output filename

...

Additional arguments. See below, under Methods

Value

• A new Raster* object, and in some cases the side effect of a new file on disk.

Methods

The following additional arguments can be passed, to replace default values for this function rll{ format Character. Output file type. See writeRaster datatype Character. Output data type. See dataType overwrite Logical. If TRUE, "filename" will be overwritten if it exists progress Character. "text", "window", or "" (the default, no progress bar) }

See Also

stackApply

Examples

r <- raster(ncol=10, nrow=10)
r[] <- 1
s <- stack(r, r+2, r+5)
r[] <- round((runif(ncell(r)))*3)
x <- stackSelect(s, r)