strand {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Get or set the strand information contained in an object.
strand(x, ...) strand(x, ...) <- value unstrand(x)
x |
An object containing strand information. |
... |
Additional arguments, for use in specific methods. |
value |
The strand information to set on |
All the strand
methods defined in the GenomicRanges package
use the same set of 3 values (called the "standard strand levels") to
specify the strand of a genomic location: +
, -
, and *
.
*
is used when the exact strand of the location is unknown,
or irrelevant, or when the "feature" at that location belongs to
both strands.
unstrand
is not a generic function, just a convenience wrapper to
the generic strand setter (strand<-
) that simply does:
strand(x) <- "*" x
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the
methods defined for a given generic function.
selectMethod
for getting the definition of
a specific method.
strand,GRanges-method in the
GenomicRanges package for an example of a specific
strand
method (defined for GRanges
objects).
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
strand showMethods("strand") library(GenomicRanges) showMethods("strand") selectMethod("strand", "missing") strand()