getData {RTCGAToolbox}R Documentation

Extract data from FirehoseData object

Description

A go-to function for getting top level information from a FirehoseData object. Available datatypes for a particular object can be seen by entering the object name in the console ('show' method).

Usage

getData(object, type, platform)

Arguments

object

A FirehoseData object

type

A data type to be extracted

platform

An index for data types that may come from multiple platforms (such as mRNAArray), for GISTIC data, one of the options: 'AllByGene' or 'ThresholdedByGene'

Value

Returns matrix or data.frame depending on data type

Examples

data(RTCGASample)
getData(RTCGASample, "clinical")
getData(RTCGASample, "RNASeqGene")


[Package RTCGAToolbox version 2.12.1 Index]