Coerce to a list
Generic function to coerce to a list, if possible.
NOTE: This man page is for the as.list S4 generic function
defined in the BiocGenerics package.
See ?base::as.list for the default method
(defined in the base package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
not supported by the default method.
as.list(x, ...)
x |
The object to coerce. |
... |
Additional arguments, for use in specific methods. |
An ordinary list.
base::as.list for the default as.list
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.list,List-method in the S4Vectors
package for an example of a specific as.list method
(defined for List objects).
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
as.list
showMethods("as.list")
selectMethod("as.list", "ANY") # the default method
library(S4Vectors)
showMethods("as.list")
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