Subset the horizons in a SoilProfileCollection using logical criteria — subsetHz,SoilProfileCollection-method • aqp

subsetHz() is a function used for extracting horizons from a SoilProfileCollection based on logical criteria.

# S4 method for SoilProfileCollection
subsetHz(x, ..., drop = TRUE)

Arguments

x: a SoilProfileCollection
...: Comma-separated set of R expressions that evaluate as TRUE or FALSE in context of horizon data frame. Length for individual expressions matches number of horizons, in x.
drop: Default: TRUE. When drop=FALSE placeholder horizons (profile ID with all other values NA) are created where the specified filter results in removal of all horizons.

Value

a SoilProfileCollection with a subset of horizons, possibly with some sites removed

Details

To minimize likelihood of issues with non-standard evaluation context, especially when using subsetHz() inside another function, all expressions used in ... should be in terms of variables that are in the horizon data frame.

Examples


data(sp3)

depths(sp3) <- id ~ top + bottom

# show just horizons with 10YR hues
plot(subsetHz(sp3, hue == '10YR'))