as.vector {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Coerce an object into a vector
Description
Attempt to coerce an object into a vector of the specified mode. If the mode is not specified, attempt to coerce to whichever vector mode is considered more appropriate for the class of the supplied object.
NOTE: This man page is for the as.vector
S4 generic function defined in the BiocGenerics package.
See ?base::as.vector
for the default method
(defined in the base package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
not supported by the default method.
Usage
as.vector(x, mode="any")
Arguments
x |
The object to coerce. |
mode |
See |
Value
A vector.
See ?base::as.vector
for the value returned
by the default method.
Specific methods defined in Bioconductor packages should behave as consistently as possible with the default method.
See Also
-
base::as.vector
for the defaultas.vector
method. -
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function. -
selectMethod
for getting the definition of a specific method. -
as.vector,Rle-method and as.vector,AtomicList-method in the S4Vectors and IRanges packages, respectively, for examples of specific
as.vector
methods (defined for Rle and AtomicList objects, respectively). -
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
Examples
as.vector # note the dispatch on the 'x' arg only
showMethods("as.vector")
selectMethod("as.vector", "ANY") # the default method