relist {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Re-listing an unlist()ed object
Description
relist
is a generic function with a few methods in order to allow
easy inversion of unlist(x)
.
NOTE: This man page is for the relist
S4 generic function
defined in the BiocGenerics package.
See ?utils::relist
for the default method
(defined in the utils package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
not supported by the default method.
Usage
relist(flesh, skeleton)
Arguments
flesh |
A vector-like object. |
skeleton |
A list-like object. Only the "shape" (i.e. the lengths of the individual
list elements) of |
Value
A list-like object with the same "shape" as skeleton
and that would
give flesh
back if unlist()ed.
See Also
-
utils::relist
for the defaultrelist
method. -
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function. -
selectMethod
for getting the definition of a specific method. -
relist,ANY,List-method in the IRanges package for an example of a specific
relist
method (defined for whenskeleton
is a List object). -
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
Examples
relist
showMethods("relist")
selectMethod("relist", c("ANY", "ANY")) # the default method