as.xts.methods {xts}R Documentation

Convert Object To And From Class xts

Description

Conversion S3 methods to coerce data objects of arbitrary classes to class xts and back, without losing any attributes of the original format.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'xts':
as.xts(x,...)

## S3 method for class 'timeSeries':
as.xts(x, dateFormat="POSIXct", FinCenter, recordIDs,
    title, documentation, ...)

## S3 method for class 'its':
as.xts(x,...)

## S3 method for class 'zoo':
as.xts(x, order.by=index(x), frequency=NULL, ...) 

## S3 method for class 'ts':
as.xts(x, dateFormat,...)

## S3 method for class 'data.frame':
as.xts(x, order.by, dateFormat="POSIXct",
    frequency=NULL, ...) 

## S3 method for class 'matrix':
as.xts(x, order.by, dateFormat="POSIXct",
    frequency=NULL, ...) 

as.fts.xts(x)

Arguments

x data object to convert. See details for supported types
dateFormat what format should the dates be converted to
FinCenter see timeSeries help
recordIDs see timeSeries help
title see timeSeries help
documentation see timeSeries help
order.by see zoo help
frequency see zoo help
... additional parameters or attributes

Details

A simple and reliable way to convert many different objects into a uniform format for use within R.

It is possible with a call to as.xts to convert objects of class timeSeries, ts, its, matrix, data.frame, and zoo.

Additional name=value pairs may be passed to the function to be added to the new object. A special print.xts method will assure that the attributes are hidden from view, but will be available via R's standard attr function.

The returned object will preserve all relevant attribute/slot data within itself, allowing for temporary conversion to use zoo and xts compatible methods. A call to reclass returns the object to its original class, with all original attributes intact - unless otherwise changed.

It should be obvious, but any attributes added via the ... argument will not be carried back to the original data object, as there would be no available storage slot/attribute.

Value

An S3 object of class xts.

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Ryan

See Also

xts


[Package xts version 0.6-4 Index]