I'm trying to see the definition of XStringSet. But I don't know how to do it. I try to look at the source package. But there are so many 'XStringSet'. Would you please let me know how to look for XStringSet's source code? > Biostrings:::XStringSet standardGeneric for "XStringSet" defined from package "Biostrings" function (basetype, x, start = NA, end = NA, width = NA, use.names = TRUE) standardGeneric("XStringSet") <environment: 0x3678848=""> Methods may be defined for arguments: x Use showMethods("XStringSet") for currently available ones. > showMethods('XStringSet') Function "XStringSet": <not a="" generic="" function=""> -- Regards, Peng

On 05/23/2010 01:04 PM, Peng Yu wrote: > I'm trying to see the definition of XStringSet. But I don't know how > to do it. I try to look at the source package. But there are so many > 'XStringSet'. > > Would you please let me know how to look for XStringSet's source code? > >> Biostrings:::XStringSet > standardGeneric for "XStringSet" defined from package "Biostrings" > > function (basetype, x, start = NA, end = NA, width = NA, use.names = TRUE) > standardGeneric("XStringSet") > <environment: 0x3678848=""> > Methods may be defined for arguments: x > Use showMethods("XStringSet") for currently available ones. >> showMethods('XStringSet') > > Function "XStringSet": > <not a="" generic="" function=""> showMethods("XStringSet", where=getNamespace("Biostrings"), includeDef=TRUE) or showMethods(Biostrings:::XStringSet, includeDef=TRUE) selectMethod(Biostrings:::XStringSet, "character") for instance. Martin > > -- Martin Morgan Computational Biology / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview Ave. N. PO Box 19024 Seattle, WA 98109 Location: Arnold Building M1 B861 Phone: (206) 667-2793