featureNames             package:Biobase             R Documentation

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.

Author(s):

     Biocore

See Also:

     'ExpressionSet-class', 'SnpSet-class'

