This class is used for comparing different featureGroups objects.

# S4 method for featureGroupsComparison
names(x)

# S4 method for featureGroupsComparison
length(x)

# S4 method for featureGroupsComparison,ANY,missing,missing
[(x, i, j, ..., drop = TRUE)

# S4 method for featureGroupsComparison,ANY,missing
[[(x, i, j)

# S4 method for featureGroupsComparison
$(x, name)

Arguments

x

A featureGroupsComparison object.

i

For [/[[: A numeric or character value which is used to select labels by their index or name, respectively (for the order/names see names()).

For [: Can also be logical to perform logical selection (similar to regular vectors). If missing all labels are selected.

For [[: should be a scalar value.

...

Ignored.

drop, j

ignored.

name

The label name (partially matched).

Details

Objects from this class are returned by comparison.

Methods (by generic)

  • names(featureGroupsComparison): Obtain the labels that were given to each compared feature group.

  • length(featureGroupsComparison): Number of feature groups objects that were compared.

  • x[i: Subset on labels that were assigned to compared feature groups.

  • x[[i: Extract a featureGroups object by its label.

  • $: Extract a compound table for a feature group.

Slots

fGroupsList

A list of featureGroups object that were compared

comparedFGroups

A pseudo featureGroups object containing grouped feature groups.