as.list: Coerce to a list

In Bioconductor/BiocGenerics: S4 generic functions used in Bioconductor

Coerce to a list

Description

Generic function to coerce to a list, if possible.

NOTE: This man page is for the as.list S4 generic function defined in the BiocGenerics package. See ?base::as.list for the default method (defined in the base package). Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects not supported by the default method.

Usage

as.list(x, ...)

Arguments

x	The object to coerce.
...	Additional arguments, for use in specific methods.

Value

An ordinary list.

See Also

• base::as.list for the default as.list method.

• showMethods for displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function.

• selectMethod for getting the definition of a specific method.

• as.list,List-method in the S4Vectors package for an example of a specific as.list method (defined for List objects).

• BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.

Examples

as.list
showMethods("as.list")
selectMethod("as.list", "ANY")  # the default method

library(S4Vectors)
showMethods("as.list")
## The as.list() method for List objects:
selectMethod("as.list", "List")

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