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Coerce taxlist objects to lists.

Source: R/coerce-methods.R, R/df2taxlist.R, R/taxlist2df.R
coerce-methods.Rd

Coercion of S4 objects to lists can be applied to explore their content, avoiding errors caused by their validation.

Usage

S4_to_list(x)

Arguments

x

An object of class taxlist or any S4 class.

Value

An object of class list.

Details

Coerce taxlist objects to lists.

Author

Miguel Alvarez kamapu78@gmail.com

Examples

## Coerce taxlist to list
tax_list <- as(Easplist, "list")

## Coerce data frame to taxlist
Cyperus <- read.csv(file = file.path(path.package("taxlist"), "cyperus",
        "names.csv"))
Cyperus$AcceptedName <- !Cyperus$SYNONYM
head(Cyperus)
#>   TaxonUsageID LETTERCODE           SHORTNAME           TaxonName NATIVENAME
#> 1          192    CYPEAUR Cyperus auriculatus Cyperus auriculatus         NA
#> 2          193    CYPECOR  Cyperus corymbosus  Cyperus corymbosus         NA
#> 3          194    CYPEDIF   Cyperus difformis   Cyperus difformis         NA
#> 4          195    CYPEDIG   Cyperus digitatus   Cyperus digitatus         NA
#> 5          196    CYPEDIS     Cyperus distans     Cyperus distans         NA
#> 6          197    CYPEDIV       Cyperus dives       Cyperus dives         NA
#>                     AuthorName SYNONYM TaxonConceptID AcceptedName
#> 1 (Nees & Meyen ex Kunth) Kük.   FALSE            192         TRUE
#> 2                       Rottb.   FALSE            193         TRUE
#> 3                           L.   FALSE            194         TRUE
#> 4                        Roxb.   FALSE            195         TRUE
#> 5                        L. f.   FALSE            196         TRUE
#> 6                       Delile   FALSE            197         TRUE

as(Cyperus, "taxlist")
#> object size: 32.1 Kb 
#> validation of 'taxlist' object: TRUE 
#> 
#> number of taxon usage names: 95 
#> number of taxon concepts: 42 
#> trait entries: 0 
#> number of trait variables: 0 
#> taxon views: 0 
#>