Description

Extract the data underlying an S3 vector object, i.e. the underlying (named) atomic vector, data frame, or list.

Usage

Arguments

Value

The data underlying x, free from any attributes except the names.

Difference with vec_proxy()

• vec_data() returns unstructured data. The only attributes preserved are names, dims, and dimnames.

  Currently, due to the underlying memory architecture of R, this creates a full copy of the data for atomic vectors.

• vec_proxy() may return structured data. This generic is the main customisation point for accessing memory values in vctrs, along with vec_restore().

  Methods must return a vector type. Records and data frames will be processed rowwise.