Package 'frab' reference manual

Title:	How to Add Two R Tables
Description:	Methods to "add" two R tables; also an alternative interpretation of named vectors as generalized R tables, so that c(a=1,b=2,c=3) + c(b=3,a=-1) will return c(b=5,c=3). Uses 'disordR' discipline (Hankin, 2022, <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2210.03856>). Extraction and replacement methods are provided. The underlying mathematical structure is the Free Abelian group, hence the name. To cite in publications please use Hankin (2023) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2307.13184>.
Authors:	Robin K. S. Hankin [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Robin K. S. Hankin <[email protected]>
License:	GPL (>= 2)
Version:	0.0-6
Built:	2025-01-21 05:57:18 UTC
Source:	https://github.com/robinhankin/frab

How to Add Two R Tables

Description

Methods to "add" two R tables; also an alternative interpretation of named vectors as generalized R tables, so that c(a=1,b=2,c=3) + c(b=3,a=-1) will return c(b=5,c=3). Uses 'disordR' discipline (Hankin, 2022, <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2210.03856>). Extraction and replacement methods are provided. The underlying mathematical structure is the Free Abelian group, hence the name. To cite in publications please use Hankin (2023) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2307.13184>.

Details

The DESCRIPTION file:

Package:	frab
Type:	Package
Title:	How to Add Two R Tables
Version:	0.0-6
Authors@R:	person(given=c("Robin", "K. S."), family="Hankin", role = c("aut","cre"), email="[email protected]", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5982-0415"))
Maintainer:	Robin K. S. Hankin <[email protected]>
Description:	Methods to "add" two R tables; also an alternative interpretation of named vectors as generalized R tables, so that c(a=1,b=2,c=3) + c(b=3,a=-1) will return c(b=5,c=3). Uses 'disordR' discipline (Hankin, 2022, <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2210.03856>). Extraction and replacement methods are provided. The underlying mathematical structure is the Free Abelian group, hence the name. To cite in publications please use Hankin (2023) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2307.13184>.
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URL:	https://github.com/RobinHankin/frab
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Author:	Robin K. S. Hankin [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-0415>)

Index of help topics:

Compare-methods         Comparison methods
Summary-methods         Methods for Function 'Summary'
arith                   Arithmetic methods for class '"frab"'
dataframe               Coerce a data frame to a frab
extract                 Extraction and replacement methods for class
                        '"frab"'
frab                    Creating 'frab' objects
frab-class              Class "frab"
frab-package            How to Add Two R Tables
is.namedvector          Named vectors and the frab package
misc                    Miscellaneous functions
pmax                    Parallel maxima and minima for frabs
print                   Methods for printing frabs
rfrab                   Random frabs
sparsetable             Generalized sparse tables: 'sparsetable'
                        objects
table                   Tables and frab objects
zero                    The zero frab object

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-0415>)

Maintainer: Robin K. S. Hankin <[email protected]>

Examples

x <- frab(c(a=1, b=2, c=5))
y <- frab(c(b=-2, c=1, d=8))

x+y

x <- frab(c(a=1, b=2, c=5))
y <- frab(c(b=-2, c=1, d=8))

x+y

Arithmetic methods for class `"frab"`

Description

The frab class provides basic arithmetic methods for frab objects. Arithmetic operations are generally dispatched to one of self-describing functions in the following list:

frab_negative()
frab_reciprocal()
frab_plus_frab()
frab_multiply_frab()
frab_plus_numeric()
frab_multiply_numeric()
frab_power_numeric()
numeric_power_frab()

The most important one is, of course, frab_plus_frab() which is the sine qua non for the whole package. But these functions are not intended for user and are somewhat unfriendly. Use the arithmetic operators, as in “a + 2*b” instead.

Low-level helper functions c_frab_add() and c_frab_multiply() etc. are generated by compileAttributes(). They call the C routines in the src directory. Low-level helper function c_frab_pmax() is documented here for consistency; but technically c_frab_pmax() is an “Extremes” function. They are documented at Compare and pmax respectively.

Usage

frab_negative(x)
frab_reciprocal(x)
frab_plus_frab(F1,F2)
frab_multiply_numeric(e1,e2)
frab_power_numeric(e1,e2)
numeric_power_frab(e1,e2)
frab_unary(e1,e2)
frab_arith_frab(e1,e2)
frab_plus_numeric(e1,e2)
frab_arith_numeric(e1,e2)
numeric_arith_frab(e1,e2)
frab_negative(x)
frab_reciprocal(x)
frab_plus_frab(F1,F2)
frab_multiply_numeric(e1,e2)
frab_power_numeric(e1,e2)
numeric_power_frab(e1,e2)
frab_unary(e1,e2)
frab_arith_frab(e1,e2)
frab_plus_numeric(e1,e2)
frab_arith_numeric(e1,e2)
numeric_arith_frab(e1,e2)

Arguments

e1, e2, x, F1, F2

Objects of class frab, coerced if needed

Value

Return frab objects

Methods

Arith: signature(e1="frab" , e2="missing"): blah blah blah
Arith: signature(e1="frab" , e2="frab" ): ...
Arith: signature(e1="frab" , e2="numeric"): ...
Arith: signature(e1="numeric", e2="frab" ): ...
Arith: signature(e1="ANY" , e2="frab" ): ...
Arith: signature(e1="frab" , e2="ANY" ): ...

Note

There are a few peculiarities in the methods. Function frab_plus_numeric(e1,e2) assumes e1 is a frab and e2 is numeric. But if e2 is a named vector, it is coerced to a frab; if not, a [simulated] disordR violation is raised.

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


(x <- frab(c(a=1,b=2,c=3)))
(y <- frab(c(b=-2,d=8,x=1,y=7)))
(z <- frab(c(c=2,x=5,b=1,a=6)))


x+y
x+y+z

x*y


(x <- frab(c(a=1,b=2,c=3)))
(y <- frab(c(b=-2,d=8,x=1,y=7)))
(z <- frab(c(c=2,x=5,b=1,a=6)))


x+y
x+y+z

x*y

Comparison methods

Description

Methods for comparison (greater than, etc) in the frab package.

Frabs and sparsetables may be compared with length-one numeric vectors. Functions frab_gt_num() etc follow a consistent naming convention; the mnemonic is the old Fortran .GT. scheme [for “greater than”]. This allows one to use idiom such as f >= 3. For sparsetables, comparison with scalars is possible: but the result is flattened to a disord object (this can be confusing for two dimensional tables when the default matrix-like print method is used, because zero entries are not “real”. For example, if s is a sparsetable, then s==0 will return all FALSE).

Comparing a frab with another frab is generally meaningless. Idiom like “e1 >= e2”, for example, returns an error. The only comparison that makes any sense is whether two frabs are identical: this is detected by “e1 == e2” and its negation “e1 != e2”. Internally, equality is tested in C using a routine written for speed (specifically, returning FALSE as soon as it spots a difference between its two arguments); this is modelled on its equivalent in the spray package. If any value is NA, equality checks will return FALSE. Functions frab_eq() and c_frab_eq() are just R wrappers for the C routine equal().

Usage

frab_eq(e1,e2)
frab_eq_num(e1,e2)
frab_ne_num(e1,e2)
frab_gt_num(e1,e2)
frab_ge_num(e1,e2)
frab_lt_num(e1,e2)
frab_le_num(e1,e2)
num_eq_frab(e1,e2)
num_ne_frab(e1,e2)
num_gt_frab(e1,e2)
num_ge_frab(e1,e2)
num_lt_frab(e1,e2)
num_le_frab(e1,e2)
numeric_compare_frab(e1,e2)
frab_compare_frab(e1,e2)
frab_compare_numeric(e1,e2)
frab_eq(e1,e2)
frab_eq_num(e1,e2)
frab_ne_num(e1,e2)
frab_gt_num(e1,e2)
frab_ge_num(e1,e2)
frab_lt_num(e1,e2)
frab_le_num(e1,e2)
num_eq_frab(e1,e2)
num_ne_frab(e1,e2)
num_gt_frab(e1,e2)
num_ge_frab(e1,e2)
num_lt_frab(e1,e2)
num_le_frab(e1,e2)
numeric_compare_frab(e1,e2)
frab_compare_frab(e1,e2)
frab_compare_numeric(e1,e2)

Arguments

e1, e2

Objects of class frab

Value

Generally, return a frab or a logical

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples

rfrab()
a <- rfrab(26,sym=letters)
a[a<4] <- 100
rfrab()
a <- rfrab(26,sym=letters)
a[a<4] <- 100

Coerce a data frame to a frab

Description

Coerce a data frame to a frab

Usage

df_to_frab(from)
## S4 method for signature 'data.frame'
as.frab(x)
df_to_frab(from)
## S4 method for signature 'data.frame'
as.frab(x)

Arguments

x, from

Frab objects

Details

Coerces a data frame, with columns key and value, to the appropriate frab object. Repeated keys are summed.

Value

Returns a frab object or a dataframe.

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


as.frab(data.frame(key=letters[1:5],value=1:5))

as.frab(data.frame(key=letters[1:5],value=1:5))

Extraction and replacement methods for class `"frab"`

Description

The frab class provides basic arithmetic and extract/replace methods for frab objects.

Class index is taken from the excellent Matrix package and is a setClassUnion() of classes numeric, logical, and character.

Value

Generally, return a frab object.

Methods

[: signature(x = "frab", i = "character", j = "missing"): x["a"] <- 33
[: signature(x = "frab", i = "disord", j = "missing"): x[x>3]
[: signature(x = "frab", i = "missing", j = "missing"): x[]
[<-: signature(x = "frab", i = "character",j = "missing", value = "ANY"): x["a"] <- 3
[<-: signature(x = "frab", i = "disord", j = "missing", value="frab"): x[x<0] <- -x[x<0]; not implemented
[<-: signature(x = "frab", i = "disord", j = "missing", value="logical"): x[x<0] <- NA
[<-: signature(x = "frab", i = "ANY",j = "ANY", value = "ANY"): not implemented
[<-: signature(x = "frab", i = "disindex",j = "missing", value = "numeric"): x[x>0] <- 3
[<-: signature(x = "frab", i = "character", j = "missing", value = "logical"): x["c"] <- NA

Double square extraction, as in x[[i]] and x[[i]] <- value, is not currently defined. In replacement methods, if value is logical it is coerced to numeric (this includes NA).

Special dispensation is given for extraction of a frab with a length zero index, as in x[NULL], which returns the empty frab object.

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


frab(setNames(seq_len(0),letters[seq_len(0)]))

a <- rfrab(26,sym=letters)
a<4
a[a<4]
a[a<4] <- 100
a

x <- rfrab()
values(x) <- values(x) + 66

x <- rfrabb()
v <-  values(x)
v[v<0] <- abs(v[v<0]) + 50
values(x) <- v

names(x) <- toupper(names(x))
x

frab(setNames(seq_len(0),letters[seq_len(0)]))

a <- rfrab(26,sym=letters)
a<4
a[a<4]
a[a<4] <- 100
a

x <- rfrab()
values(x) <- values(x) + 66

x <- rfrabb()
v <-  values(x)
v[v<0] <- abs(v[v<0]) + 50
values(x) <- v

names(x) <- toupper(names(x))
x

Creating `frab` objects

Description

Package idiom for creating frab objects

Usage

frab(x)
as.frab(x)
is.frab(x)
list_to_frab(L)
frab(x)
as.frab(x)
is.frab(x)
list_to_frab(L)

Arguments

`x`	object coerced to, or tested for, `frab`
`L`	List of two elements, a numeric vector named `values` and a character vector named `names`

Details

Function frab() is the creation method, taking a named numeric vector as its argument; it is the only function in the package that actually calls new("frab", ...).

Function as.frab() tries a bit harder to be useful and can coerce different types of object to a frab. If given a list it dispatches to list_to_frab(). If given a table it dispatches to table_to_frab(), documented at table.Rd; and if given a data frame it dispatches to df_to_frab(), documented at dataframe.Rd.

Value

Returns a frab, or a boolean

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


frab(c(x=6,y=6,z=-4,u=0,x=3))

as.frab(c(a=2,b=1,c=77))

as.frab(list(names=letters[5:2],values=1:4))

x <- rfrab()
y <- rfrab()
x+y

frab(c(x=6,y=6,z=-4,u=0,x=3))

as.frab(c(a=2,b=1,c=77))

as.frab(list(names=letters[5:2],values=1:4))

x <- rfrab()
y <- rfrab()
x+y

Class “frab”

Description

The formal S4 class for frab objects

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'frab'
namedvector(x)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
namedvector(x)

Arguments

`x`	Object of class `frab`

Objects from the Class

Formal class frab has a single slot x which is a named numeric vector.

The class has three accessor methods: names(), values(), and namedvector().

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


new("frab",x=c(a=6,b=4,c=1))   # formal creation method (discouraged)


frab(c(a=4,b=1,c=5))   # use frab() in day-to-day work

frab(c(a=4,b=0,c=5))   # zero entries are discarded

frab(c(a=4,b=3,b=5))   # repeted entries are summed

frab(c(apple=4,orange=3,cherry=5))   # any names are OK

x <- frab(c(d=1,y=3,a=2,b=5,rug=7,c=2))
(y <- rfrab())

x+y          # addition works as expected
x + 2*y      # arithmetic
x>2          # extraction
x[x>3] <- 99 # replacement


# sum(x)       # some summary methods implemented
# max(x) 

new("frab",x=c(a=6,b=4,c=1))   # formal creation method (discouraged)


frab(c(a=4,b=1,c=5))   # use frab() in day-to-day work

frab(c(a=4,b=0,c=5))   # zero entries are discarded

frab(c(a=4,b=3,b=5))   # repeted entries are summed

frab(c(apple=4,orange=3,cherry=5))   # any names are OK

x <- frab(c(d=1,y=3,a=2,b=5,rug=7,c=2))
(y <- rfrab())

x+y          # addition works as expected
x + 2*y      # arithmetic
x>2          # extraction
x[x>3] <- 99 # replacement


# sum(x)       # some summary methods implemented
# max(x)

Miscellaneous functions

Description

This page documents various functions that work for frabs, and I will add to these from time to time as I add new functions that make sense for frab objects. To use functions like sin() and abs() on frab object x, work with values(x) (which is a disord object). However, there are a few functions that are a little more involved:

length() returns the length of the data component of the object.
which() returns an error when called with a frab object, but is useful here because it returns a disind when given a Boolean disord object. This is useful for idiom such as x[x>0]
Functions is.na() and is.notna() return a disind object
Function abs() returns a frab with entries being the absolute value of those of its argument
sort() does not make sense for frab objects.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'frab'
length(x)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
length(x)

Arguments

`x`	Object of class `frab`

Value

Generally return frabs

Note

Constructions such as !is.na(x) do not work if x is a frab object: this is because is.na() returns a disind object, not a logical. Use is.notna() to identify elements that are not NA.

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples



(a <- frab(c(a=1,b=NA,c=44,x=NA,h=4)))
is.na(a)

(x <- frab(c(x=5,y=2,z=3,a=7,b=6)))
which(x>3)
x[which(x>3)]
x[which(x>3)] <- 4
x

is.na(x) <- x<3
x
x[is.na(x)] <- 100
x

y <- frab(c(a=5,b=NA,c=3,d=NA))
y[is.notna(y)] <- 199
y
(a <- frab(c(a=1,b=NA,c=44,x=NA,h=4)))
is.na(a)

(x <- frab(c(x=5,y=2,z=3,a=7,b=6)))
which(x>3)
x[which(x>3)]
x[which(x>3)] <- 4
x

is.na(x) <- x<3
x
x[is.na(x)] <- 100
x

y <- frab(c(a=5,b=NA,c=3,d=NA))
y[is.notna(y)] <- 199
y

Named vectors and the frab package

Description

Named vectors are closely related to frab objects, but are not the same. However, there is a natural coercion from one to the other.

Usage

as.namedvector(v)
is.namedvector(v)
is.namedlogical(v)
is.unnamedlogical(v)
is.unnamedvector(v)
as.namedvector(v)
is.namedvector(v)
is.namedlogical(v)
is.unnamedlogical(v)
is.unnamedvector(v)

Arguments

`v`	Argument to be tested or coerced

Details

Coercion and testing for named vectors. Function nv_to_frab(), documented at frab.Rd, coerces a named vector to a frab.

Value

Function is.namedvector() returns a boolean, function as.namedvector() returns a named vector.

Note

The issue of named logical vectors in the 'frab' package is discussed briefly at 'inst/wittgenstein.Rmd'.

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples

x <- c(a=5, b=3, c=-2,b=-3, x=33)
is.namedvector(x)
as.namedvector(frab(x))

x <- c(a=5, b=3, c=-2)
y <- c(p=1, c=2, d= 6)

x
y
x+y

frab(x) + frab(y)

x <- c(a=5, b=3, c=-2,b=-3, x=33)
is.namedvector(x)
as.namedvector(frab(x))

x <- c(a=5, b=3, c=-2)
y <- c(p=1, c=2, d= 6)

x
y
x+y

frab(x) + frab(y)

Parallel maxima and minima for frabs

Description

Parallel (pairwise) maxima and minima for frabs.

Usage

pmax_pair(F1,F2)
pmin_pair(F1,F2)
pmax_dots(x, ...)
pmin_dots(x, ...)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
pmax(...)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
pmin(...)
pmax_pair(F1,F2)
pmin_pair(F1,F2)
pmax_dots(x, ...)
pmin_dots(x, ...)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
pmax(...)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
pmin(...)

Arguments

F1, F2, x, ...

Frab objects

Details

Pairwise minima and maxima for frabs, using names as the primary key.

Functions pmax_pair() calls c_frab_pmax() and pmin_pair() use

Functions pmax() and pmin() use the same mechanism as cbrob() of the Brobdingnag package, originally due to John Chambers (pers. comm.)

Value

Returns a frab object

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


x <- rfrab()
y <- rfrab()

x <- rfrab()
y <- rfrab()

Methods for printing frabs

Description

Methods for printing frabs nicely

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'frab'
show(object)
frab_print(object)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
show(object)
frab_print(object)

Arguments

object

An object of class frab

Details

The method is sensitive to option frab_print_hash. If TRUE, the hash code is printed; otherwise it is not.

Function frab_print() returns its argument, invisibly.

There is special dispensation for the empty frab object.

Value

Returns its argument, invisibly

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


print(rfrab())  # default

options(frab_print_hash = TRUE)
print(rfrab())  # prints hash code

options(frab_print_hash = NULL)  # restore default

print(rfrab())  # default

options(frab_print_hash = TRUE)
print(rfrab())  # prints hash code

options(frab_print_hash = NULL)  # restore default

Random frabs

Description

Random frab objects, intended as quick “get you going” examples

Usage

rfrab(n = 9, v = seq_len(5), symb = letters[seq_len(9)])
rfrabb(n = 100, v = -5:5, symb = letters)
rfrabbb(n = 5000, v = -10:10, symb = letters, i=3)
rfrab(n = 9, v = seq_len(5), symb = letters[seq_len(9)])
rfrabb(n = 100, v = -5:5, symb = letters)
rfrabbb(n = 5000, v = -10:10, symb = letters, i=3)

Arguments

`n`	Length of object to return
`v`	Values to assign to symbols (see details)
`symb`	Symbols to use
`i`	Exponentiating index for `rfrabbb()`. Symbols in returned value will be `i` concatenated elements of `symb`

Details

What you see is what you get, basically. If a symbol is chosen more than once, as in, c(a=1,b=2,a=3), then the value for a will be summed.

Use function rfrab() for a small, easily-managed object; rfrabb() and rfrabbb() give successively larger objects.

Value

Returns a frab object

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples

rfrab()
rfrab()

Generalized sparse tables: `sparsetable` objects

Description

Package idiom for creating and manipulating sparsetable objects

Usage

sparsetable(i,v=1)
rspar(n=15,l=3,d=3)
rspar2(n=15,l=6)
rsparr(n=20,d=6,l=5,s=4)
sparsetable_to_array(x)
array_to_sparsetable(x)
sparsetable_to_frab(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
index(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
values(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
dimnames(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
dim(x)
sparsetable(i,v=1)
rspar(n=15,l=3,d=3)
rspar2(n=15,l=6)
rsparr(n=20,d=6,l=5,s=4)
sparsetable_to_array(x)
array_to_sparsetable(x)
sparsetable_to_frab(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
index(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
values(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
dimnames(x)
## S4 method for signature 'sparsetable'
dim(x)

Arguments

`x`	In functions like `index()`, an object of class `sparsetable`
`i`, `v`	In standard constructor function `sparsetable()`, argument `i` is the index matrix of strings, and `v` a numeric vector of values
`n`, `l`, `d`, `s`	In functions `rspar()`, `rspar2()`, and `rsparr()`, `n` is the number of terms, `l` the number of letters, `d` the dimensionality and `s` the number of distinct marginal values to return

Details

Most functions here mirror their equivalent in the spray package [which the C code is largely copied from] or the frab functionality. So, for example, num_eq_sparsetable() is the equivalent of num_eq_spray().

The print method treats arity-2 sparsetable objects differently from other arities. By default, arity-2 sparsetable objects are displayed as two-dimensional tables. Control this behaviour with option print_2dsparsetables_as_matrices:

  options("print_2dsparsetables_as_matrices" = FALSE)

The default value for this option, non-FALSE (including its out-of-the-box status of “unset”), directs the print method to coerce arity-2 sparsetable objects to two-dimensional tables before printing. If this option is FALSE, arity-2 sparsetables are printed using matrix index form, just the same as any other arity.

Functions rspar(), rspar2(), and rsparr() create random sparsetable objects of increasing complexity. The defaults are chosen so that the returned frabs are of sensible sizes.

Function drop() takes a sparsetable object of arity one and coerces to a frab object.

Function dim() returns a named vector, with names being the dimnames of its argument.

Extraction and replacement methods are a subset of spray methods, but most should work. There is special dispensation so that standard idiom for arrays [e.g. x['a','b','a'] and x['a','b','a'] <- 55] should work as expected, although the general expectation is that access and replacement use (character) matrices and an index object. However, indexing by disord and disindex objects should also work [e.g. x[x>7]].

The spray source code and the sparsetable functionality have about 90% overlap; there were enough small differences between the codes to make it worth maintaining two sets of source code, IMO.

There is a discussion of package idiom in the vignette, vignette("frab").

Note

The pronunciation of “sparsetable” has the emphasis on the first syllable, so it rhymes with [British river-port town] “Barnstaple”.

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


sparsetable(matrix(sample(letters[1:4],36,replace=TRUE),ncol=2),1:18)
sparsetable(matrix(sample(letters[1:4],39,replace=TRUE),ncol=3),1:13)

(x <- rspar2(9))
(y <- rspar2(9))
x + y

x["KT","FF"] <- 100
x

rsparr()

a <- rspar(d=4)
asum(a,"Feb")

sparsetable(matrix(sample(letters[1:4],36,replace=TRUE),ncol=2),1:18)
sparsetable(matrix(sample(letters[1:4],39,replace=TRUE),ncol=3),1:13)

(x <- rspar2(9))
(y <- rspar2(9))
x + y

x["KT","FF"] <- 100
x

rsparr()

a <- rspar(d=4)
asum(a,"Feb")

Methods for Function `Summary`

Description

Methods for S4 function Summary in the frab package. Currently, only max(), min(), range() and sum() are defined, and these operate in the natural way on the elements of a frab. Note that these functions are not susceptible to disordR violations.

Methods

signature(x = "frab"): Dispatches to max(values(x)) etc.

Examples

a <- rfrab()
a
max(a)
min(a)
range(a)
a <- rfrab()
a
max(a)
min(a)
range(a)

Tables and frab objects

Description

Various methods and functions to deal with tables in the frab package.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'frab'
as.table(x,...)
table_to_frab(x)
## S4 method for signature 'frab'
as.table(x,...)
table_to_frab(x)

Arguments

`x`	Object of class `frab` or `table`
`...`	Further arguments, currently ignored

Details

If a frab object has non-negative entries it may be interpreted as a table. However, in base R, table objects do not have sensible addition methods which is why the frab package is needed.

Function is.1dtable() checks for its argument being a one-dimensional table. The idea is that a table like table(sample(letters,30,TRUE)), being a table of a single observation, is accepted but a table like table(data.frame(rnorm(20)>0,rnorm(20)>0)) is not acceptable because it is a two-dimensional contingency table.

Value

Generally return a table or frab.

Note

The order of the entries may be changed during the coercion, as per disordR discipline. Function as.frab() takes a table, dispatching to table_to_frab().

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples

X <- table(letters[c(1,1,1,1,2,3,3)])
Y <- table(letters[c(1,1,1,1,3,4,4)])
Z <- table(letters[c(1,1,2,3,4,5,5)])

X+Y  # defined but nonsense

# X+Z  # returns an error


as.frab(X) + as.frab(Y)  # correct answer

plot(as.table(rfrab()))
X <- table(letters[c(1,1,1,1,2,3,3)])
Y <- table(letters[c(1,1,1,1,3,4,4)])
Z <- table(letters[c(1,1,2,3,4,5,5)])

X+Y  # defined but nonsense

# X+Z  # returns an error


as.frab(X) + as.frab(Y)  # correct answer

plot(as.table(rfrab()))

The zero frab object

Description

Test for a frab object's being zero (empty).

Usage

zero(...)
is.zero(x)
is.empty(x)
zero(...)
is.zero(x)
is.empty(x)

Arguments

`x`	Object of class `frab`
`...`	Further arguments (currently ignored)

Details

Function zero() returns the empty frab object; this is the additive identity $0$ with property $x+0=0+x=x$ .

Function is.zero() returns TRUE if its argument is indeed the zero object.

Function is.empty() is a synonym for is.zero(). Sometimes one is thinking about the free Abelian group, in which case is.zero() makes more sense, and sometimes one is thinking about maps and tables, in which case is.empty() is more appropriate.

Value

Function zero() returns the zero frab object, function is.zero() a Boolean

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples


zero()
zero() + zero()

x <- rfrab()

x+zero() == x

is.zero(zero())
zero()
zero() + zero()

x <- rfrab()

x+zero() == x

is.zero(zero())

Package 'frab'

Help Index

How to Add Two R Tables

Description

Details

Author(s)

Examples

Arithmetic methods for class "frab"

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Methods

Note

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Comparison methods

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Coerce a data frame to a frab

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

Examples

Extraction and replacement methods for class "frab"

Description

Value

Methods

Author(s)

Examples

Creating frab objects

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Class “frab”

Description

Usage

Arguments

Objects from the Class

Author(s)

Examples

Miscellaneous functions

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

Note

Author(s)

See Also

Examples

Named vectors and the frab package

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Note

Author(s)

Examples

Parallel maxima and minima for frabs

Description

Usage

Arguments

Details

Value

Author(s)

Arithmetic methods for class `"frab"`

Extraction and replacement methods for class `"frab"`

Creating `frab` objects

Generalized sparse tables: `sparsetable` objects

Methods for Function `Summary`