MALDIquant (version 1.5)

AbstractMassObject-class: Class "AbstractMassObject"

Description

AbstractMassObject is an abstract (means pure virtual) class. It is the parent class of MassSpectrum and MassPeaks. It shouldn't create or handle by the user because it is for internal use only.

Derived classes

MassPeaks, MassSpectrum

References

See website: http://strimmerlab.org/software/maldiquant/

See Also

MassPeaks, MassSpectrum, plot,AbstractMassObject,missing-method, transformIntensity,AbstractMassObject-method, trim,AbstractMassObject,numeric,numeric-method

Examples

## load library
library("MALDIquant");

## create example spectrum
s <- createMassSpectrum(mass=1:10, intensity=11:20, 
                        metaData=list(name="Example Spectrum"));

## get intensity
intensity(s);

## get mass
mass(s);

## get metaData
metaData(s);

## replace metaData
metaData(s) <- list(name="Spectrum");

## get TIC 
totalIonCurrent(s);

## trim spectrum
trim(s, 2, 9);

## select a range
s[3:6];