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split fails on sf-data.table-data.frame objects #5365

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@barryrowlingson

Creating an sf spatial data frame from a data table, and then running split on it using a column for the split results in either an error or the object being split by columns instead of rows.

Example

library(data.table)
library(sf)
d = data.table(x=1:10, y=1:10, s=sample(1:2, 10, TRUE))
dsf = st_as_sf(d, coords=1:2)
split(d, d$s)
$`1`
   x y s
1: 5 5 1
2: 8 8 1
3: 9 9 1

$`2`
    x  y s
1:  1  1 2
2:  2  2 2
3:  3  3 2
4:  4  4 2
5:  6  6 2
6:  7  7 2
7: 10 10 2
split(dsf, dsf$s)
# Error in `[.data.frame`(x, i) : undefined columns selected

Works fine if d is a data.frame:

d = data.frame(x=1:10, y=1:10, s=sample(1:2, 10, TRUE))
dsf = st_as_sf(d, coords=1:2)
split(dsf, dsf$s)
$`1`
Simple feature collection with 2 features and 1 field
Geometry type: POINT
[etc]

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# Output of sessionInfo()

> sessionInfo()
R version 4.1.1 (2021-08-10)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

Matrix products: default
BLAS:   /opt/R-4.1.1/lib/R/lib/libRblas.so
LAPACK: /opt/R-4.1.1/lib/R/lib/libRlapack.so

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C              
 [3] LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8    
 [5] LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                 
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C            
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] sf_1.0-5          data.table_1.14.2

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] Rcpp_1.0.7         magrittr_2.0.1     units_0.7-2        tidyselect_1.1.1  
 [5] R6_2.5.1           rlang_0.4.12       fansi_0.5.0        dplyr_1.0.7       
 [9] tools_4.1.1        grid_4.1.1         KernSmooth_2.23-20 utf8_1.2.2        
[13] e1071_1.7-9        DBI_1.1.1          ellipsis_0.3.2     class_7.3-19      
[17] assertthat_0.2.1   tibble_3.1.4       lifecycle_1.0.1    crayon_1.4.2      
[21] purrr_0.3.4        vctrs_0.3.8        glue_1.5.0         proxy_0.4-26      
[25] compiler_4.1.1     pillar_1.6.3       generics_0.1.0     classInt_0.4-3    
[29] pkgconfig_2.0.3   
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