hasMetaData#

Purpose#

Checks if a matrix has metadata, meaning it is a dataframe.

Format#

has_meta = hasMetaData(x)#

Parameters:: x (NxK matrix or dataframe.) – data.
Returns:: has_meta (Scalar) – Indicator variable representing whether a matrix has metadata.

Examples#

// Load data
fname = getGAUSSHome("examples/yarn.xlsx");
yarn = loadd(fname, "cat(yarn_length) + cat(amplitude) + cat(load) + cycles");

// Check for metadata
has_meta = hasMetaData(yarn);

After the code above has_meta=1 because yarn contains meta data.

// Create numeric matrix
x = rndn(10,3);

// Check to see if 'x' is a dataframe
is_df = hasMetaData(x);

After the code above is_df=0 because x is a numeric matrix and does not contain meta data.

Note

Column (or variable) names are meta data, so a dataframe with all numeric variables will still have meta data.