[Bioc-devel] mget function in AnnotationDbi package

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On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:04 -0700, Li, Xuejun wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a question regarding using "mget" functioni in the Annotation package.  I understand that I can use the "mget" function to get the gene symbol.  For example,
> 
> syms <- unlist(mget(probes, hgu95av2SYMBOL))
> 
> What about, if hgu95av2SYMBOL is a string, how can I get the gene symbol?  For example,
> 
> a <- "hgu95av2SYMBOL"
> 
> syms <- unlist(mget(probes, a))  ## this does not work, how to make this line work?  

one way to do it:

mget(probes, get(a))


> Thanks very much!!
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