modal function

modal value

modal value

Compute the mode for each cell across the layers of a SpatRaster. The mode, or modal value, is the most frequent value in a set of values.

## S4 method for signature 'SpatRaster' modal(x, ..., ties="first", na.rm=FALSE, filename="", overwrite=FALSE, wopt=list())

Arguments

  • x: SpatRaster
  • ...: additional argument of the same type as x or numeric
  • ties: character. Indicates how to treat ties. Either "random", "lowest", "highest", "first", or "NA"
  • na.rm: logical. If TRUE, NA values are ignored. If FALSE, NA is returned if x has any NA values
  • filename: character. Output filename
  • overwrite: logical. If TRUE, filename is overwritten
  • wopt: list with named options for writing files as in writeRaster

Returns

SpatRaster

Examples

r <- rast(system.file("ex/logo.tif", package="terra")) r <- c(r/2, r, r*2) m <- modal(r)
  • Maintainer: Robert J. Hijmans
  • License: GPL (>= 3)
  • Last published: 2025-02-26