Biobase (version 2.30.0)

featureNames: Retrieve feature and sample names from eSets.

Description

These generic functions access the feature names (typically, gene or SNP identifiers) and sample names stored in an object derived from the eSet-class.

Usage

featureNames(object)
featureNames(object) <- value
sampleNames(object)
sampleNames(object) <- value

Arguments

object

Object, possibly derived from class eSet.

value

Character vector containing feature or sample names.

Value

featureNames returns a (usually long!) character vector uniquely identifying each feature.sampleNames returns a (usually shorter) character vector identifying samples.

See Also

ExpressionSet-class, SnpSet-class