Filter a character matrix, returning either all continuous or all discrete characters
Source:R/detectCharacterType.R
filterMatrix.RdThis function filters a character matrix based on continuous (e.g., with values 2.45, 9.35, and so on) or discrete characters (e.g., with values blue, red, yellow).
Examples
data(anolis)
filterMatrix(anolis$dat, "discrete")
#> X ecomorph island
#> 1 ahli TG Cuba
#> 2 alayoni TW Cuba
#> 3 alfaroi GB Cuba
#> 4 aliniger TC Hispaniola
#> 5 allisoni TC Cuba
#> 6 allogus TG Cuba
#> 7 altitudinalis TC Cuba
#> 8 alumina GB Hispaniola
#> 9 alutaceus GB Cuba
#> 10 angusticeps TW Cuba
#> 11 argenteolus U Cuba
#> 12 argillaceus U Cuba
#> 13 armouri TG Hispaniola
#> 14 bahorucoensis GB Hispaniola
#> 15 baleatus CG Hispaniola
#> 16 baracoae CG Cuba
#> 17 barahonae CG Hispaniola
#> 18 barbatus U Cuba
#> 19 barbouri U Hispaniola
#> 20 bartschi U Cuba
#> 21 bremeri TG Cuba
#> 22 breslini TG Hispaniola
#> 23 brevirostris T Hispaniola
#> 24 caudalis T Hispaniola
#> 25 centralis U Cuba
#> 26 chamaeleonides U Cuba
#> 27 chlorocyanus TC Hispaniola
#> 28 christophei U Hispaniola
#> 29 clivicola GB Cuba
#> 30 coelestinus TC Hispaniola
#> 31 confusus TG Cuba
#> 32 cooki TG Puerto Rico
#> 33 cristatellus TG Puerto Rico
#> 34 cupeyalensis GB Cuba
#> 35 cuvieri CG Puerto Rico
#> 36 cyanopleurus GB Cuba
#> 37 cybotes TG Hispaniola
#> 38 darlingtoni TW Hispaniola
#> 39 distichus T Hispaniola
#> 40 dolichocephalus GB Hispaniola
#> 41 equestris CG Cuba
#> 42 etheridgei U Hispaniola
#> 43 eugenegrahami U Hispaniola
#> 44 evermanni TC Puerto Rico
#> 45 fowleri U Hispaniola
#> 46 garmani CG Puerto Rico
#> 47 grahami TC Puerto Rico
#> 48 guafe TG Cuba
#> 49 guamuhaya U Cuba
#> 50 guazuma TW Cuba
#> 51 gundlachi TG Puerto Rico
#> 52 haetianus TG Hispaniola
#> 53 hendersoni GB Hispaniola
#> 54 homolechis TG Cuba
#> 55 imias TG Cuba
#> 56 inexpectatus GB Cuba
#> 57 insolitus TW Hispaniola
#> 58 isolepis TC Cuba
#> 59 jubar TG Cuba
#> 60 krugi GB Puerto Rico
#> 61 lineatopus TG Jamaica
#> 62 longitibialis TG Hispaniola
#> 63 loysiana T Cuba
#> 64 lucius U Cuba
#> 65 luteogularis CG Cuba
#> 66 macilentus GB Cuba
#> 67 marcanoi TG Hispaniola
#> 68 marron T Hispaniola
#> 69 mestrei TG Cuba
#> 70 monticola U Hispaniola
#> 71 noblei CG Cuba
#> 72 occultus TW Puerto Rico
#> 73 olssoni GB Hispaniola
#> 74 opalinus TC Jamaica
#> 75 ophiolepis GB Cuba
#> 76 oporinus TC Cuba
#> 77 paternus TW Cuba
#> 78 placidus TW Hispaniola
#> 79 poncensis GB Puerto Rico
#> 80 porcatus TC Cuba
#> 81 porcus U Cuba
#> 82 pulchellus GB Puerto Rico
#> 83 pumilis U Cuba
#> 84 quadriocellifer TG Cuba
#> 85 reconditus U Jamaica
#> 86 ricordii CG Hispaniola
#> 87 rubribarbus TG Cuba
#> 88 sagrei TG Cuba
#> 89 semilineatus GB Hispaniola
#> 90 sheplani TW Hispaniola
#> 91 shrevei TG Hispaniola
#> 92 singularis TC Hispaniola
#> 93 smallwoodi CG Cuba
#> 94 strahmi TG Hispaniola
#> 95 stratulus TC Puerto Rico
#> 96 valencienni TW Jamaica
#> 97 vanidicus GB Cuba
#> 98 vermiculatus U Cuba
#> 99 websteri T Hispaniola
#> 100 whitemani TG Hispaniola