SVAttribute-class: Summary-Variation Attribute Field

In sbcblab/geva: Gene Expression Variation Analysis (GEVA)

Description

This S4 class stores two character slots representing attribute fields for summary and variation. The SVAttribute class is abstract and must be instantiated as SVChrAttribute (for character), SVNumAttribute (for numeric), or SVIntAttribute (for integer).

Arguments

S	the summary value
V	the variation value

Value

A SVAttribute object

Slots

S

either character or numeric or integer of length one

V

either character or numeric or integer of length one

Methods

Alternative accessors

summary(object, ...)

Returns the contents from S slot

sv(object)

Returns the contents as a named vector

variation(object, ...)

Returns the contents from S slot

Constructors

sv.data(object)

For internal use. Returns the equivalent object

svattr(S, V)

Creates a new SVAttribute

Conversion and coercion

as.character(x, ...)

Converts this object to character

as.vector(x, ...)

Converts this object to vector

Dimension accessors

dim(x)

For internal use, always returns NULL

names(x)

Returns the slot names (always c('S', 'V'))

Properties

x$name <- value

Queries the vector contents (equivalent to the indexer). Only accepts $S and $V

x[i, j, ..., drop=TRUE]

Indexer to access the vector values. Only accepts 'S' or 'V' as i arguments

Note

The slots S and V must be of the same class (either character, numeric, or integer).

sbcblab/geva documentation built on March 15, 2021, 10:08 p.m.