cbind: Combine RGList, MAList, EList or EListRaw Objects
In hdeberg/limma: Linear Models for Microarray Data

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Combine a set of RGList, MAList, EList or EListRaw objects.

## S3 method for class 'RGList'
cbind(..., deparse.level=1)
## S3 method for class 'RGList'
rbind(..., deparse.level=1)

`...`	`RGList`, `MAList`, `EList` or `EListRaw` objects.
`deparse.level`	not currently used, see `cbind` in the base package

cbind combines data objects assuming the same probes in the same order but different arrays. rbind combines data objects assuming equivalent arrays, i.e., the same RNA targets, but different probes.

For cbind, the matrices of expression data from the individual objects are cbinded. The data.frames of target information, if they exist, are rbinded. The combined data object will preserve any additional components or attributes found in the first object to be combined. For rbind, the matrices of expression data are rbinded while the target information, in any, is unchanged.

An RGList, MAList, EList or EListRaw object holding data from all the arrays and all genes from the individual objects.

Gordon Smyth

cbind in the base package.

03.ReadingData gives an overview of data input and manipulation functions in LIMMA.

M <- A <- matrix(11:14,4,2)
rownames(M) <- rownames(A) <- c("a","b","c","d")
colnames(M) <- colnames(A) <- c("A1","A2")
MA1 <- new("MAList",list(M=M,A=A))

M <- A <- matrix(21:24,4,2)
rownames(M) <- rownames(A) <- c("a","b","c","d")
colnames(M) <- colnames(A) <- c("B1","B2")
MA2 <- new("MAList",list(M=M,A=A))

cbind(MA1,MA2)