Save objects created by qntmap package.

Save objects created by qntmap package.

save4qm(x, nm = "", saving = TRUE, ...)

# S3 method for default
save4qm(x, nm, saving, ...)

# S3 method for data.frame
save4qm(x, nm, saving, ...)

# S3 method for qm_cluster
save4qm(x, nm, saving, dir_out = ".", suffix = "_.*", elements = "", ...)

# S3 method for qntmap
save4qm(x, nm, saving, ...)

Arguments

x	An object to save.
nm	A name of object to be saved as.
saving	TRUE (default) or FALSE to save.
...	Other arguments passed to class methods
dir_out	output directory
suffix	A regular expression of suffix of cluster names. Clusters with the same prefix comprise a super cluster. For example, "Pl_NaRich" and "Pl_NaPoor" becomes "Pl" cluster if suffix = "_.*" (default).
elements	A character vector to chose elements to be utilized in cluster analysis. NULL (default) selects as much elements as possible.

Value

invisible(x)

save4qm.default

A default method saves an object as a binary RDS file.

save4qm.data.frame

A data frame object is saved as a csv.

save4qm.qm_cluster

A value returned by cluster_xmap() or group_cluster() is saved as binary RDS file, dot-by-dot png file, and as svg file with a legend. The png and svg files show distribution of phases among a mapped area.

save4qm.qntmap

A value returned by qntmap() or quantify() is saved as a binary RDS file, and csv files.