uniquegenelist {limma} | R Documentation

## Eliminate Duplicate Names from the Gene List

### Description

Eliminate duplicate names from the gene list. The new list is shorter than the full list by a factor of `ndups`.

### Usage

    uniquegenelist(genelist,ndups=2,spacing=1)

### Arguments

`genelist` | vector of gene names
`ndups` | number of duplicate spots. The number of rows of `genelist` must be divisible by `ndups`.
`spacing` | the spacing between duplicate names in `genelist`

### Value

A vector of length `length(genelist)/ndups` containing each gene name once only.

### Author(s)

Gordon Smyth

### See Also

`unwrapdups`

### Examples

    genelist <- c("A","A","B","B","C","C","D","D")
    uniquegenelist(genelist,ndups=2)
    genelist <- c("A","B","A","B","C","D","C","D")
    uniquegenelist(genelist,ndups=2,spacing=2)

[Package limma version 2.10.5 Index]