import {BiocSet} | R Documentation

## Importing/exporting

### Description

Importing/exporting and formating of element sets as a `BiocSet` object.

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'GMTFile,ANY,ANY'
    import(con, format, text, ...)

    ## S4 method for signature 'BiocSet,GMTFile,ANY'
    export(object, con, format, ...)

### Arguments

`con` | For `import`, the file name or URL the element set is loaded from. For `export`, the file name or URL the element set is written to.
`format` | For `import`, the format of the input. For `export`, the format of the output.
`text` | If con is missing this is a character vector directly providing the element set that should be imported.
`...` | Parameters to pass to the format-specific method
`object` | For 'export()', the object to be exported.

### Value

For 'import()', a BiocSet object

For 'export()', a GMTFile object representing the location where the BiocSet object was written to

### Examples

    gmtFile <- system.file(package = "BiocSet", "extdata",
        "hallmark.gene.symbol.gmt")
    tbl <- import(gmtFile)

    tbl2 <- BiocSet(set1 = letters, set2 = LETTERS)
    fl <- tempfile(fileext = ".gmt")
    gmt <- export(tbl2, fl)

[Package BiocSet version 1.1.2 Index]