strand {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Get or set the strand information contained in an object.
strand(x, ...) strand(x, ...) <- value
x |
An object containing strand information. |
... |
Additional arguments, for use in specific methods. |
value |
The strand information to set on |
All the strand
methods defined in the GenomicRanges package
use the same set of 3 values (levels) to specify the strand of a
genomic location: +
, -
, and *
.
*
is used when the exact strand of the location is unknown,
or irrelevant, or when the "feature" at that location belongs to
both strands.
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the
methods defined for a given generic function.
selectMethod
for getting the definition of
a specific method.
strand,GRanges-method in the GenomicRanges package for the method defined for GRanges objects.
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
strand showMethods("strand") library(GenomicRanges) showMethods("strand") selectMethod("strand", "missing") strand()