Save the covariate data to folder — saveCovariateData • FeatureExtraction

saveCovariateData saves an object of type covariateData to folder.

saveCovariateData(covariateData, file)

Arguments

covariateData: An object of type covariateData as generated using getDbCovariateData.
file: The name of the folder where the data will be written. The folder should not yet exist.

Value

No return value, called for side effects.

Details

The data will be written to a set of files in the folder specified by the user.

Examples

# \donttest{
covariateData <- FeatureExtraction::createEmptyCovariateData(
  cohortIds = 1,
  aggregated = FALSE,
  temporal = FALSE
)
# For this example we'll use a temporary file location:
fileName <- tempfile()
saveCovariateData(covariateData = covariateData, file = fileName)
#> Disconnected Andromeda. This data object can no longer be used
# Cleaning up the file used in this example:
unlink(fileName)
# }