summary.im.Rd
\name{summary.im}
\alias{summary.im}
\alias{print.summary.im}
\title{Summarizing a Pixel Image}
\description{
\code{summary} method for class \code{"im"}.
}
\usage{
\method{summary}{im}(object, \dots)
\method{print.summary}{im}(x, \dots)
}
\arguments{
\item{object}{A pixel image.}
\item{\dots}{Ignored.}
\item{x}{Object of class \code{"summary.im"} as returned by
\code{summary.im}.
}
}
\details{
This is a method for the generic \code{\link{summary}}
for the class \code{"im"}. An object of class \code{"im"}
describes a pixel image. See \code{\link{im.object}})
for details of this class.
\code{summary.im} extracts information about the pixel image,
and \code{print.summary.im} prints this information in a
comprehensible format.
In normal usage, \code{print.summary.im} is invoked implicitly
when the user calls \code{summary.im} without assigning its value
to anything. See the examples.
The information extracted by \code{summary.im} includes
\describe{
\item{range}{The range of the image values.}
\item{mean}{The mean of the image values.}
\item{integral}{The ``integral'' of the image values,
calculated as the sum of the image values
multiplied by the area of one pixel.}
\item{dim}{The dimensions of the pixel array:
\code{dim[1]} is the number of rows in the array,
corresponding to the \bold{y} coordinate.}
}
}
\value{
\code{summary.im} returns an object of class \code{"summary.im"},
while \code{print.summary.im} returns \code{NULL}.
}
\examples{
# make an image
X <- as.im(function(x,y) {x^2}, unit.square())
# summarize it
summary(X)
# save the summary
s <- summary(X)
# print it
print(X)
s
# extract stuff
X$dim
X$range
X$integral
}
\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}
}
\keyword{spatial}
\keyword{methods}