boxplot {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Box plots
Description
Produce box-and-whisker plot(s) of the given (grouped) values.
NOTE: This man page is for the boxplot
S4 generic function
defined in the BiocGenerics package.
See ?graphics::boxplot
for the default method
(defined in the graphics package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
not supported by the default method.
Usage
boxplot(x, ...)
Arguments
x , ... |
See |
Value
See ?graphics::boxplot
for the value returned by the
default method.
Specific methods defined in Bioconductor packages should behave as consistently as possible with the default method.
See Also
-
graphics::boxplot
for the defaultboxplot
method. -
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function. -
selectMethod
for getting the definition of a specific method. -
boxplot,AffyBatch-method in the affy package for an example of a specific
boxplot
method (defined for AffyBatch objects). -
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
Examples
boxplot
showMethods("boxplot")
selectMethod("boxplot", "ANY") # the default method
library(affy)
showMethods("boxplot")
## The boxplot() method for AffyBatch objects:
selectMethod("boxplot", "AffyBatch")