dictionary {XNAString}

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Dictionary setter/getter method

Description

Getter methods enable extraction of single slots from XNAString and XNAStringSet objects. E.g. name method extracts name slot from XNAString/XNAStringSet object.

Usage

dictionary(x, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'XNAString'
dictionary(x)

dictionary(x, ...) <- value

## S4 replacement method for signature 'XNAString'
dictionary(x) <- value

Arguments

x	XNAString/XNAStringSet object
...	optional arguments to generic function to support additional methods
value	character vector applied only for setter method

Details

Setter methods enable overwriting single slots from XNAString and XNAStringSet objects. E.g. name<- method overwrites existing name slot

Value

vector in getter method, XNAStringSet object (with replaced name slot) in setter method

Examples

my_dic <- data.table::data.table(
  type = c(
    rep("base", 3),
    rep("sugar", 2),
    rep("backbone", 3)
  ),
  symbol = c("G", "E", "A", "F", "O", "S", "B", "X")
)
obj <- XNAString(
  name = "b",
  base = "GGE",
  sugar = "FFO",
  dictionary = my_dic
)
dictionary(obj)

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