mtd.simplify: If possible, simplify a multiData structure to a...

In WGCNA: Weighted Correlation Network Analysis

If possible, simplify a multiData structure to a 3-dimensional array.

Description

This function attempts to put all data components into a 3-dimensional array, with the last dimension corresponding to the sets. This is only possible if all data components are matrices or data frames with the same dimensiosn.

Usage

mtd.simplify(multiData)

Arguments

multiData

A multiData structure in the "strict" sense (see below).

Details

A multiData structure is intended to store (the same type of) data for multiple, possibly independent, realizations (for example, expression data for several independent experiments). It is a list where each component corresponds to an (independent) data set. Each component is in turn a list that can hold various types of information but must have a data component. In a "strict" multiData structure, the data components are required to each be a matrix or a data frame and have the same number of columns. In a "loose" multiData structure, the data components can be anything (but for most purposes should be of comparable type and content).

This function assumes a "strict" multiData structure.

Value

A 3-dimensional array collecting all data components.

Note

The function is relatively fragile and may fail. Use at your own risk.

Author(s)

Peter Langfelder

See Also

multiData to create a multiData structure;

multiData2list for converting multiData structures to plain lists.

WGCNA documentation built on Jan. 22, 2023, 1:34 a.m.