cnt.gdsn: Return the number of child nodes

In zhengxwen/gdsfmt: R Interface to CoreArray Genomic Data Structure (GDS) Files

Return the number of child nodes

Description

Return the number of child nodes for a GDS node.

Usage

cnt.gdsn(node, include.hidden=FALSE)

Arguments

node	an object of class gdsn.class, a GDS node
include.hidden	whether including hidden variables or folders

Value

If node is a folder, return the numbers of variables in the folder including child folders. Otherwise, return 0.

Author(s)

Xiuwen Zheng

See Also

objdesp.gdsn, ls.gdsn, index.gdsn, delete.gdsn, add.gdsn

Examples

# cteate a GDS file
f <- createfn.gds("test.gds")

# add a list to "test.gds"
node <- add.gdsn(f, name="list", val=list(x=c(1,2), y=c("T","B","C"), z=TRUE))
cnt.gdsn(node)
# 3

# close the GDS file
closefn.gds(f)


# delete the temporary file
unlink("test.gds", force=TRUE)

zhengxwen/gdsfmt documentation built on Sept. 27, 2024, 10:08 a.m.