R: Get the architecture of an object or coerce it into another

architecture {R.devices} | R Documentation

## Get the architecture of an object or coerce it into another

### Description

Get the architecture of an object or coerce it into another

### Usage

    architecture(x, ...)

    as.architecture(x, ostype = .Platform$OS.type, arch = R.version$arch,
      ptrsize = .Machine$sizeof.pointer, endian = .Platform$endian, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | The object to be coerced.
`...` | (optional) Additional arguments passed to the underlying method.
`ostype` | A character string, e.g. `"unix"` and `"windows"`.
`arch` | A character string, e.g. `"i386"`, `"i686"` and `"x86_64"`.
`ptrsize` | The target pointer size - either `4L` or `8L`.
`endian` | The target endianess - either `"little"` or `"big"`.

### Value

`architecture()` returns a named list with character element `ostype` and `arch`, integer element `ptrsize`, and character element `endian`. These elements take a missing values if they could not be inferred.

`as.architecture()` returns a coerced version of `x`. If no coercion was needed, then `x` itself is returned.

[Package R.devices version 2.16.0 Index]