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\name{loading.attributes}
\alias{loading.attributes}
\title{Examples of how to load vertex and edge attributes into networks}
\description{
Additional examples of how to manipulate network attributes using the
functions documented in \code{\link{attribute.methods}}
}
\details{
The \code{\link{attribute.methods}} documentation gives details about the
use of the specific network attribute methods such as
\code{get.vertex.attribute} and \code{set.edge.attribute}.  This document
gives examples of how to load in and attach attribute data, drawing heavily
on material from the Sunbelt statnet workshops
\url{https://statnet.org/workshops/}.

The examples section below give a quick overview of:
\itemize{
\item Loading in a matrix

\item Attaching vertex attributes

\item Attaching edge atributes from a matrix

\item Loading in an edgelist

\item Attaching edge atributes from an edgelist
}

The \code{\link{read.table}} documentation provides more information about
reading data in from various tabular file formats prior to loading into a
network.  Note that the output is usually a \code{\link{data.frame}} object
in which each columns is represented as a \code{\link{factor}}.  This means
that in some cases when the output is directly loaded into a network the
variable values will appear as factor level numbers instead of text values.
The \code{stringsAsFactors=FALSE} flag may help with this, but some columns
may need to be converted using \code{as.numeric} or \code{as.character}
where appropriate.
}
\examples{


# read in a relational data adjacency matrix

# LOADING IN A MATRIX
\dontrun{
# can download matrix file from 
# https://statnet.csde.washington.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/Resources/relationalData.csv
# and download vertex attribute file from
# https://statnet.csde.washington.edu/trac/raw-attachment/wiki/Resources/vertexAttributes.csv

# load in relation matrix from file
relations <- read.csv("relationalData.csv",header=FALSE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE)

# convert to matrix format from data frame
relations <- as.matrix(relations) 

# load in vertex attributes
nodeInfo <- read.csv("vertexAttributes.csv",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
}
\dontshow{
# since no access to file, creating it here
relations <- matrix(
                c(0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,
                  0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,
                  0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
                  1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,
                  1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,
                  1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,
                  0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,
                  0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
                  0,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0),ncol=9,byrow=TRUE)
                  
nodeInfo <- data.frame(
    name=c("Danielle","Josh","Mark","Emma","Sarah","Dave","Theresa","Carolyn","Gil"),
    age=c(44,44,40,32,33,36,38,42,30),
    sex=c("F","M","M","F","F","M","F","F","M"),    
    handed=c("R","R","R","L","R","L","L","R","L"),
    lastDocVisit=c(2012,2008,2010,2012,2011,2007,2009,2009,2010),
    stringsAsFactors=FALSE
)
}          
                  
print(relations) # peek at matrix 
print(nodeInfo)  # peek at attribute data

# Since our relational data has no row/column names, let's set them now
rownames(relations) <- nodeInfo$name
colnames(relations) <- nodeInfo$name

# create undirected network object from matrix
nrelations<-network(relations,directed=FALSE)

# it read in vertex names from matrix col names ...
network.vertex.names(nrelations)

# ATTACHING VERTEX ATTRIBUTES

# ... but could also set vertex.names with 
nrelations\%v\%'vertex.names'<- nodeInfo$name

# load in other attributes 
nrelations\%v\%"age" <- nodeInfo$age
nrelations\%v\%"sex" <- nodeInfo$sex
nrelations\%v\%"handed" <- nodeInfo$handed
nrelations\%v\%"lastDocVisit" <- nodeInfo$lastDocVisit

# Note: order of attributes in the data frame MUST match vertex ids
# otherwise the attribute will get assigned to the wrong vertex

# check that they got loaded
list.vertex.attributes(nrelations)


# what if we had an adjaceny  matrix like:
valuedMat<-matrix(c(1,2,3, 2,0,9.5,1,5,0),ncol=3,byrow=TRUE)
valuedMat

# make a network from it
valuedNet<-network(valuedMat,loops=TRUE,directed=TRUE)

# print it back out ...
as.matrix(valuedNet)

# wait, where did the values go!!?

# LOADING A MATRIX WITH VALUES

# to construct net from matrix with values:
valuedNet<-network(valuedMat,loops=TRUE,directed=TRUE,
            ignore.eval=FALSE,names.eval='myEdgeWeight')
            
# also have to specify the name of the attribute when converting to matrix
as.matrix(valuedNet,attrname='myEdgeWeight')

# ATTACHING EDGE ATTRIBUTES FROM A MATRIX

# maybe we have edge attributes of a different sort in another matrix like:
edgeAttrs<-matrix(c("B","Z","Q","W","A","E","L","P","A"),ncol=3,byrow=TRUE)
edgeAttrs

# we can still attach them
valuedNet<-set.edge.value(valuedNet,'someLetters',edgeAttrs)

# and extract them
as.matrix(valuedNet,attrname='someLetters')
valuedNet\%e\%'someLetters'

# but notice that some of the values didn't get used 
# the ("A"s are missing) because there were no corresponding edges (loops)
# for the attribute to be attached to


# ATTACHING EDGE ATTRIBUTES FROM A LIST

# it is also possible to attach edge attributes directly from a list
edgeCols<-c("red","green","blue","orange","pink","brown","gray")
valuedNet<-set.edge.attribute(valuedNet,"edgeColors",edgeCols)

# but this can be risky, because we may not know the ordering of the edges,
# (especially if some have been deleted).  Does "green" go with the edge from 
# 1 to 2, or from 3 to 1?

# Usually if the edge data is only availible in list form, it is safer to construct
# the network from an edgelist in the first place

# LOADING IN AN EDGELIST

# pretend we just loaded in this data.frame from a file
elData<-data.frame(
  from_id=c("1","2","3","1","3","1","2"),
  to_id=c("1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "3", "3"),
  myEdgeWeight=c(1, 2, 1, 2, 5, 3, 9.5),
  someLetters=c("B", "W", "L", "Z", "P", "Q", "E"),
  edgeCols=c("red","green","blue","orange","pink","brown","gray"),
  stringsAsFactors=FALSE
)

# peek at data
# each row corresponds to a relationship (edge) in the network
elData

# to make a network we just use the first two id columns
valuedNet2<-network(elData[,1:2],loops=TRUE)

# print it out
as.matrix(valuedNet2)

# has right edges, but no values

# to include values (with names from the columns)

valuedNet2<-network(elData,loops=TRUE)
list.edge.attributes(valuedNet2)
as.matrix(valuedNet2,attrname='someLetters')


}
\references{
Acton, R. M., Jasny, L (2012) \emph{An Introduction to Network
Analysis with R and statnet} Sunbelt XXXII Workshop Series, March 13, 2012.

Butts, C. T.  (2008).  \dQuote{network: a Package for Managing Relational
Data in R.} \emph{Journal of Statistical Software}, 24(2).
\doi{10.18637/jss.v024.i02}
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{attribute.methods}}, \code{\link{as.network.matrix}},
\code{\link{as.sociomatrix}}, \code{\link{as.matrix.network}},
\code{\link{network.extraction}}
}
\keyword{classes}
\keyword{graphs}