Coerce an object into a vector
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.
as.vector(x, mode="any")
x |
The object to coerce. |
mode |
See |
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.
base::as.vector for the default
as.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.
as.vector # note the dispatch on the 'x' arg only
showMethods("as.vector")
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