Description

This function attempts to put all data components into a 3-dimensional array, with the last dimension corresponding to the sets. This is only possible if all data components are matrices or data frames with the same dimensiosn.

Usage

Arguments

Details

A multiData structure is intended to store (the same type of) data for multiple, possibly independent, realizations (for example, expression data for several independent experiments). It is a list where each component corresponds to an (independent) data set. Each component is in turn a list that can hold various types of information but must have a data component. In a "strict" multiData structure, the data components are required to each be a matrix or a data frame and have the same number of columns. In a "loose" multiData structure, the data components can be anything (but for most purposes should be of comparable type and content).

This function assumes a "strict" multiData structure.

Value

A 3-dimensional array collecting all data components.

Note

The function is relatively fragile and may fail. Use at your own risk.

Author(s)

Peter Langfelder

See Also

multiData to create a multiData structure;

multiData2list for converting multiData structures to plain lists.