as.hyperframe.Rd
\name{as.hyperframe}
\Rdversion{1.1}
\alias{as.hyperframe}
\alias{as.hyperframe.default}
\alias{as.hyperframe.data.frame}
\alias{as.hyperframe.hyperframe}
\alias{as.hyperframe.listof}
\title{
Convert Data to Hyperframe
}
\description{
Converts data from any suitable format into a hyperframe.
}
\usage{
as.hyperframe(x, \dots)
\method{as.hyperframe}{default}(x, \dots)
\method{as.hyperframe}{data.frame}(x, \dots)
\method{as.hyperframe}{hyperframe}(x, \dots)
\method{as.hyperframe}{listof}(x, \dots)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{
Data in some other format.
}
\item{\dots}{
Ignored.
}
}
\details{
A hyperframe is like a data frame, except that its entries
can be objects of any kind.
The generic function \code{as.hyperframe} converts any suitable kind
of data into a hyperframe.
There are methods for the classes
\code{data.frame} and \code{listof}, and a default method,
all of which convert data that is like a hyperframe into
a hyperframe object. (The method for the class \code{listof}
converts a list of objects, of
arbitrary type, into a hyperframe with one column.)
These methods do not discard any information.
There are also methods for other classes
(see \code{\link{as.hyperframe.ppx}}) which extract
the coordinates from a spatial dataset. These methods
do discard some information.
}
\value{
An object of class \code{"hyperframe"} created by
\code{\link{hyperframe}}.
}
\author{Adrian Baddeley
\email{adrian@maths.uwa.edu.au}
\url{http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~adrian/}
and Rolf Turner
\email{r.turner@auckland.ac.nz}
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{hyperframe}},
\code{\link{as.hyperframe.ppx}}
}
\examples{
df <- data.frame(x=runif(4),y=letters[1:4])
as.hyperframe(df)
sims <- list()
for(i in 1:3) sims[[i]] <- rpoispp(42)
as.hyperframe(as.listof(sims))
}
\keyword{spatial}
\keyword{manip}