Load the plpData from a folder — loadPlpData • PatientLevelPrediction

loadPlpData loads an object of type plpData from a folder in the file system.

Usage

loadPlpData(file, readOnly = TRUE)

Arguments

file: The name of the folder containing the data.
readOnly: If true, the data is opened read only.

Value

An object of class plpData.

Details

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

Examples

data("simulationProfile")
plpData <- simulatePlpData(simulationProfile, n = 500)
#> Generating covariates
#> Generating cohorts
#> Generating outcomes
saveLoc <- file.path(tempdir(), "loadPlpData")
savePlpData(plpData, saveLoc)
dir(saveLoc)
#> [1] "cohorts.rds"  "covariates"   "metaData.rds" "outcomes.rds" "timeRef.rds" 
# clean up
unlink(saveLoc, recursive = TRUE)