tax_name: Set and get taxon names

In taxa: Classes for Storing and Manipulating Taxonomic Data

Set and get taxon names

Description

Set and get the taxon names in objects that have them, such as taxon objects. Note that this is not the same as adding vector names with names.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'taxa_classification'
tax_name(x)

## S3 replacement method for class 'taxa_classification'
tax_name(x) <- value

tax_name(x)

tax_name(x) <- value

## S3 method for class 'taxa_taxon'
tax_name(x)

## S3 replacement method for class 'taxa_taxon'
tax_name(x) <- value

## S3 method for class 'taxa_taxonomy'
tax_name(x)

## S3 replacement method for class 'taxa_taxonomy'
tax_name(x) <- value

Arguments

x	An object with taxon names.
value	The taxon names to set. Inputs will be coerced into a character vector.

Examples

x <- taxon(name = c('Homo sapiens', 'Bacillus', 'Ascomycota', 'Ericaceae'),
           rank = c('species', 'genus', 'phylum', 'family'),
           id = taxon_id(c('9606', '1386', '4890', '4345'), db = 'ncbi'),
           auth = c('Linnaeus, 1758', 'Cohn 1872', NA, 'Juss., 1789'))

tax_name(x)
tax_name(x) <- tolower(tax_name(x))
tax_name(x)[1] <- 'Billy'

taxa documentation built on April 12, 2022, 9:06 a.m.