dt_to_load() takes a data.table, usually
created from Idf$to_table() or IdfObject$to_table()
with wide being TRUE, and format it into a
data.table in acceptable format for $load()
method in Idf class.
dt_to_load(dt, string_value = TRUE)A data.table created using Idf$to_table() and
IdfObject$to_table(). dt should at least contain column id
(indicator used to distinguish object definitions), class (class
names). If a name column exists, it will be preserved.
If TRUE, all value will be coerced into character and
the value column of returned datat.table
will be character type. If FALSE, the original value will be
preserved and the value column of returned
data.table will be list type.
A data.table with 5 or 6 columns:
id: Integer type. Used to distinguish each object definition.
name: Character type. Only exists when input dt has a name column.
class: Character type.
index: Integer type. Field indices.
field: Character type. Field names.
value: Character or list type. The value of each field to be added.
if (FALSE) {
# read an example distributed with eplusr
path_idf <- system.file("extdata/1ZoneUncontrolled.idf", package = "eplusr")
idf <- read_idf(path_idf)
# extract all material object data and return it as a wide table
dt <- idf$to_table(class = "Material", wide = TRUE)
dt_to_load(dt)
}