R: Retrieve feature and sample names from eSets.

featureNames {Biobase}

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Retrieve feature and sample names from eSets.

Description

These generic functions access the feature names (typically, gene or SNP identifiers) and sample names stored in an object derived from the eSet-class.

Usage

featureNames(object)
featureNames(object) <- value
sampleNames(object)
sampleNames(object) <- value

Arguments

`object`	Object, possibly derived from class `eSet`.
`value`	Character vector containing feature or sample names.

Value

featureNames returns a (usually long!) character vector uniquely identifying each feature.sampleNames returns a (usually shorter) character vector identifying samples.

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