multiSelectionToFactor {iSEE} | R Documentation

## Convert multiple selections into a factor

### Description

Convert multiple selection information into a factor, typically for use as a covariate or for coloring.

### Usage

    multiSelectionToFactor(selected, all.names)

### Arguments

`selected` | A named list of character vectors, containing the names of selected observations for different selections. Vectors for different selections may overlap.
`all.names` | Character vector of all observations.

### Value

A factor containing the set(s) to which each observation is assigned. Multiple sets are encoded as comma-separated strings. Unselected observations are listed as `"unselected"`.

### Author(s)

Aaron Lun

### Examples

    multiSelectionToFactor(list(active=c("A", "B"),
        saved1=c("B", "C"), saved2=c("D", "E", "F")),
        all.names=LETTERS[1:10])

[Package iSEE version 2.6.0 Index]