cbind {beadarray}R Documentation

Combine BeadLevelList or BeadSummaryList Objects

Description

Combine a series of BeadLevelList or combine a series of BeadSummaryList objects.

Usage

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

Arguments

... BeadLevelList objects or BeadSummaryList objects
deparse.level not currently used, see cbind in the base package

Details

cbind combines data objects assuming the same gene lists but different arrays. rbind combines data objects assuming equivalent arrays, i.e., the same RNA targets, but different genes.

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.

Value

An BeadLevelList or BeadSummaryList object holding data from all the arrays and all genes from the individual objects.

Author(s)

Gordon Smyth, modified by Mike Smith for BeadSummaryList object

See Also

cbind in the base package.


[Package beadarray version 1.0.0 Index]