xrefExists: Checks if the given identifier exists

In egonw/BridgeDbR: Code for using BridgeDb identifier mapping framework from within R

Checks if the given identifier exists

Description

Checks if the given identifier exists in the given mapping file

Usage

xrefExists(mapper, source, identifier, compactIdentifier)

Arguments

mapper	loaded BridgeDb identifier mapper
source	system code of the data source
identifier	identifier to be searched
compactIdentifier	the Bioregistry.io compact identifier to check

Value

boolean

true, if the given identifier is found in the mapping database

Author(s)

Egon Willighagen

Examples

## Not run: 
location <- getDatabase("Bacillus subtilis")
mapper <- loadDatabase(location)
xrefExists(mapper, "L", "885041")
xrefExists(mapper, compactIdentifier="ncbigene:885041")

## End(Not run)

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