as.list {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Coerce to a list
Description
Generic function to coerce to a list, if possible.
NOTE: This man page is for the as.list
S4 generic function
defined in the BiocGenerics package.
See ?base::as.list
for the default method
(defined in the base package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
not supported by the default method.
Usage
as.list(x, ...)
Arguments
x |
The object to coerce. |
... |
Additional arguments, for use in specific methods. |
Value
An ordinary list.
See Also
-
base::as.list
for the defaultas.list
method. -
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function. -
selectMethod
for getting the definition of a specific method. -
as.list,List-method in the S4Vectors package for an example of a specific
as.list
method (defined for List objects). -
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
Examples
as.list
showMethods("as.list")
selectMethod("as.list", "ANY") # the default method
library(S4Vectors)
showMethods("as.list")
## The as.list() method for List objects:
selectMethod("as.list", "List")