annPkgName {annotate} | R Documentation

## Get annotation package name from chip name

### Description

This function returns the name of the Bioconductor annotation data package that corresponds to the specified chip or genome. The `type` argument is used to request an annotation package with a particular backing store.

### Usage

    annPkgName(name, type = c("db", "env"))

### Arguments

`name` | string specifying the name of the chip or genome. For example, `"hgu133plus2"`
`type` | Either `"db"` or `"env"`. This will determine whether the package name returned corresponds to the SQLite-based annotation package or environment-based package, respectively.

### Value

a string giving the name of the annotation data package

### Author(s)

Seth Falcon

### See Also

`getAnnMap`

### Examples

    annPkgName("hgu133plus2", type="db")
    annPkgName("hgu133plus2", type="env")

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