bindROWS {S4Vectors} | R Documentation

## Combine objects by ROWS or COLS

### Description

`bindROWS` and `bindCOLS` are low-level generic functions defined in the S4Vectors package for binding objects along their 1st or 2nd dimension. They are the workhorses behind higher-level operations like `c()`, `rbind()`, or `cbind()` on most vector-like or rectangular objects defined in Bioconductor. They are not intended to be used directly by the end user.

### Usage

    bindROWS(x, objects=list(), use.names=TRUE, ignore.mcols=FALSE, check=TRUE)
    bindCOLS(x, objects=list(), use.names=TRUE, ignore.mcols=FALSE, check=TRUE)

### Arguments

`x` | An S4 object.
`objects` | A list of S4 objects to bind to `x`. They should typically (but not necessarily) have the same class as `x`.
`use.names` | Should the names on the input objects be propagated? By default they are.
`ignore.mcols` | Should the metadata columns on the input objects be ignored? By defaut they are not (i.e. they are propagated).
`check` | Should the result object be validated before being returned to the user? By default it is.

### Value

An object of the same class as `x`.

### Author(s)

Hervé Pagès

### See Also

- The `NROW` and `NCOL` generic functions defined in the BiocGenerics package.

[Package S4Vectors version 0.28.1 Index]