R: Dimensions of a Raster* object

dim {raster} | R Documentation

## Dimensions of a Raster* object

### Description

Get or set the number of rows, columns, and layers of a Raster* object. You cannot use this function to set the dimensions of a RasterStack object.

When setting the dimensions, you can provide a row number, or a vector with the row and the column number (for a RasterLayer and a RasterBrick), or a row and column number and the number of layers (only for a RasterBrick)

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'BasicRaster'
    dim(x)

### Arguments

`x` | Raster(* object

### Value

Integer or Raster* object

### See Also

`ncell, extent, res`

### Examples

    r <- raster()
    dim(r)
    dim(r) <- c(18)
    dim(r)
    dim(r) <- c(18, 36)
    dim(r)
    b <- brick(r)
    dim(b)
    dim(b) <- c(10, 10, 5)
    dim(b)

[Package raster version 2.5-8 Index]