[BioC] need to clarify RangedData documentation?

[Steve Lianoglou]

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Michael Dondrup <Michael.Dondrup at uni.no> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create a RangedData object and then add a DataFrame of extra annotation columns in a second step.
> From the documentation of the method columnMetadata, I was assuming this function was meant to do this,
> but it doesn't seem to work. The documentation says:
>
> "columnMetadata(x): Get the DataFrame of metadata along the value columns, i.e., where each column in x is represented by a row in the metadata. Note that calling elementMetadata(x)returns the metadata on each space in x.
> columnMetadata(x) <- value: Set the DataFrame of metadata for the columns."
>
> After reading this more closely, I wasn't able to figure what this really means, and I didn't get it to work at all.
> Can someone clarify what this is for?

I think you want to be using elementMetadata() or its alias values().

I guess columnMetadata is supposed to hold information about the
columns(?) but I'm not quite sure ... I've never used it before.

For example:

R> rd = RangedData(ranges=IRanges(start=1:2, width=1), space=1, somedata=1:2)
R> values(rd) <- DataFrame(something.else=100:101)
R> rd
RangedData with 2 rows and 1 value column across 1 space
        space    ranges | something.else
  <character> <IRanges> |      <integer>
1           1    [1, 1] |            100
2           1    [2, 2] |            101

Hope that helps,
-steve

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