Coerces an R object into class character

this function is based on the native R function as.character

asCharacterDS(x.name)

Arguments

x.name

the name of the input object to be coerced to class character. Must be specified in inverted commas. But this argument is usually specified directly by x.name argument of the clientside function ds.asCharacter

Value

the object specified by the newobj argument (or its default name "ascharacter.newobj") which is written to the serverside. For further details see help on the clientside function ds.asCharacter

Details

See help for function as.character in native R

Author

Amadou Gaye, Paul Burton, Demetris Avraam for DataSHIELD Development Team