| relist {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Re-listing an unlist()ed object
Description
relist is a generic function with a few methods in order to allow
easy inversion of unlist(x).
NOTE: This man page is for the relist S4 generic function
defined in the BiocGenerics package.
See ?utils::relist for the default method
(defined in the utils package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
not supported by the default method.
Usage
relist(flesh, skeleton)
Arguments
flesh |
A vector-like object. |
skeleton |
A list-like object. Only the "shape" (i.e. the lengths of the individual
list elements) of |
Value
A list-like object with the same "shape" as skeleton and that would
give flesh back if unlist()ed.
See Also
-
utils::relistfor the defaultrelistmethod. -
showMethodsfor displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function. -
selectMethodfor getting the definition of a specific method. -
relist,ANY,List-method in the IRanges package for an example of a specific
relistmethod (defined for whenskeletonis a List object). -
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
Examples
relist
showMethods("relist")
selectMethod("relist", c("ANY", "ANY")) # the default method