R: Format and Print Sparse Matrices Flexibly

printSpMatrix {Matrix}

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Format and Print Sparse Matrices Flexibly

Description

Format and print sparse matrices flexibly. These are the “workhorses” used by the format, show and print methods for sparse matrices. If x is large, printSpMatrix2(x) calls printSpMatrix() twice, namely, for the first and the last few rows, suppressing those in between, and also suppresses columns when x is too wide.

printSpMatrix() basically prints the result of formatSpMatrix().

Usage

formatSpMatrix(x, digits = NULL, maxp = 1e9,
               cld = getClassDef(class(x)), zero.print = ".",
               col.names, note.dropping.colnames = TRUE,
               align = c("fancy", "right"))

printSpMatrix(x, digits = NULL, maxp = getOption("max.print"),
              cld = getClassDef(class(x)),
              zero.print = ".", col.names, note.dropping.colnames = TRUE,
              col.trailer = "",
              align = c("fancy", "right"))

printSpMatrix2(x, digits = NULL, maxp = getOption("max.print"),
              zero.print = ".", col.names, note.dropping.colnames = TRUE,
              suppRows = NULL, suppCols = NULL,
              col.trailer = if(suppCols) "......" else "",
              align = c("fancy", "right"))

Arguments

`x`	an R object inheriting from class `sparseMatrix`.
`digits`	significant digits to use for printing, see `print.default`, the default, `NULL`, corresponds to using `getOption("digits")`.
`maxp`	integer, default from `options(max.print)`, influences how many entries of large matrices are printed at all.
`cld`	the class definition of `x`; must be equivalent to `getClassDef(class(x))` and exists mainly for possible speedup.
`zero.print`	character which should be printed for structural zeroes. The default `"."` may occasionally be replaced by `" "` (blank); using `"0"` would look almost like `print()`ing of non-sparse matrices.
`col.names`	logical or string specifying if and how column names of `x` should be printed, possibly abbreviated. The default is taken from `options("sparse.colnames")` if that is set, otherwise `FALSE` unless there are less than ten columns. When `TRUE` the full column names are printed. When `col.names` is a string beginning with `"abb"` or `"sub"` and ending with an integer `n` (i.e., of the form `"abb... <n>"`), the column names are `abbreviate()`d or `substring()`ed to (target) length `n`, see the examples.
`note.dropping.colnames`	logical specifying, when `col.names` is `FALSE` if the dropping of the column names should be noted, `TRUE` by default.
`col.trailer`	a string to be appended to the right of each column; this is typically made use of by `show(<sparseMatrix>)` only, when suppressing columns.
`suppRows, suppCols`	logicals or `NULL`, for `printSpMatrix2()` specifying if rows or columns should be suppressed in printing. If `NULL`, sensible defaults are determined from `dim(x)` and `options(c("width", "max.print"))`. Setting both to `FALSE` may be a very bad idea.
`align`	a string specifying how the `zero.print` codes should be aligned, i.e., padded as strings. The default, `"fancy"`, takes some effort to align the typical `zero.print = "."` with the position of `0`, i.e., the first decimal (one left of decimal point) of the numbers printed, whereas `align = "right"` just makes use of `print(*, right = TRUE)`.

Details

formatSpMatrix:: If x is large, only the first rows making up the approximately first maxp entries is used, otherwise all of x. .formatSparseSimple() is applied to (a dense version of) the matrix. Then, formatSparseM is used, unless in trivial cases or for sparse matrices without x slot.

Value

`formatSpMatrix()`	returns a character matrix with possibly empty column names, depending on `col.names` etc, see above.
`printSpMatrix*()`	return `x` invisibly, see `invisible`.

Author(s)

Martin Maechler

Examples

f1 <- gl(5, 3, labels = LETTERS[1:5])
X <- as(f1, "sparseMatrix")
X ## <==>  show(X)  <==>  print(X)
t(X) ## shows column names, since only 5 columns

X2 <- as(gl(12, 3, labels = paste(LETTERS[1:12],"c",sep=".")),
         "sparseMatrix")
X2
## less nice, but possible:
print(X2, col.names = TRUE) # use [,1] [,2] .. => does not fit

t(X2) # suppressing column names
print(t(X2), col.names=TRUE)
print(t(X2), zero.print = "", col.names="abbr. 1")
print(t(X2), zero.print = "-", col.names="substring 2")

[Package Matrix version 1.0-6 Index]