Create vector of virtual mode

vector.vmode creates a vector of a given vmode and length

vector.vmode(vmode = "logical", length = 0)
boolean(length = 0)
quad(length = 0)
nibble(length = 0)
byte(length = 0)
ubyte(length = 0)
short(length = 0)
ushort(length = 0)

Arguments

vmode

virtual mode

length

desired length

Details

Function vector.vmode creates the vector in one of the usual storage.modes (see .rammode) but flags them with an additional attribute 'vmode' if necessary. The creators can also be used directly:

boolean	1 bit logical without NA
logical	2 bit logical with NA
quad	2 bit unsigned integer without NA
nibble	4 bit unsigned integer without NA
byte	8 bit signed integer with NA
ubyte	8 bit unsigned integer without NA
short	16 bit signed integer with NA
ushort	16 bit unsigned integer without NA
integer	32 bit signed integer with NA
single	32 bit float
double	64 bit float
complex	2x64 bit float
raw	8 bit unsigned char
character	character

Value

a vector of the desired vmode initialized with 0

Author

Jens Oehlschlägel

See also

as.vmode, vector

Examples

  vector.vmode("byte",12)
#>  [1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#> attr(,"vmode")
#> [1] "byte"
  vector.vmode("double",12)
#>  [1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  byte(12)
#>  [1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#> attr(,"vmode")
#> [1] "byte"
  double(12)
#>  [1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0