Exports Xpose variable definitions to a file from an Xpose data object.

This function exports variable definitions for a specified Xpose data object to a file.

Usage

export.variable.definitions(object, file = "")

Arguments

object: An xpose.data object.
file: A file name as a string.

Value

Null.

Details

This function exports variable definitions (contents of object@Prefs@Xvardef) for a given xpose.data object to a file, typically 'xpose.vardefs.ini'. Note that file format is not the same as used for graphics settings. It is a wrapper for the R function dput.

Other data functions: add_transformed_columns, change_graphical_parameters, change_misc_parameters, compute.cwres(), data.checkout(), data_extract_or_assign, db.names(), export.graph.par(), import.graph.par(), import.variable.definitions(), make.sb.data(), nsim(), par_cov_summary, read.TTE.sim.data(), read.nm.tables(), read_NM_output, read_nm_table(), simprazExample(), tabulate.parameters(), xlabel(), xpose.data, xpose.print(), xpose4-package, xsubset()

Author

Niclas Jonsson & Justin Wilkins

Examples

od = setwd(tempdir()) # move to a temp directory
(cur.files <- dir()) # current files in temp directory
#> [1] "bslib-f00e6fae00d8efe8984ec802f708f91a"
#> [2] "downlit"                               

export.variable.definitions(simpraz.xpdb,file="xpose.vardefs.ini")
(new.files <- dir()[!(dir() %in% cur.files)])  # what files are new here?
#> [1] "xpose.vardefs.ini"

file.remove(new.files) # remove this file
#> [1] TRUE
setwd(od)  # restore working directory