getNamedElement: Extract the value in a vector by name

In KEGGgraph: KEGGgraph: A graph approach to KEGG PATHWAY in R and Bioconductor

Description

The function extracts the value(s) in a named vector by given name(s), in case no element is found with the given name, NA will be returned

Usage

getNamedElement(vector, name)

Arguments

vector	A named vector of any data type
name	Wanted name

Value

The elements with the given name, 'NA' in case no one was found

Author(s)

Jitao David Zhang mailto:[e-mail]

Examples

vec <- c(first="Hamburg", second="Hoffenheim",third="Bremen")
getNamedElement(vec, "third")
getNamedElement(vec, "last")

Example output

Attaching package: 'KEGGgraph'

The following object is masked from 'package:graphics':

    plot

[1] "Bremen"
[1] NA

KEGGgraph documentation built on Nov. 8, 2020, 5:42 p.m.