aafSearchText            package:annaffy            R Documentation

_S_e_a_r_c_h _m_e_t_a_d_a_t_a _a_n_n_o_t_a_t_i_o_n _t_e_x_t

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Searches Bioconductor metadata annotation package text for
     specific strings or Perl compatible regular expressions.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     aafSearchText(chip, colnames, text, logic = "OR")

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    chip: name of the chip data package

colnames: character vector of metadata column names to search

    text: character vector of strings/regular expressons to match

   logic: type of logic to use, "AND" or "OR"

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A character vector of probe ids matching the search criteria.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Colin A. Smith, annaffy@colinsmith.org

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     aafSearchGO

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     if (require(hgu95av2.db)) {
         aafSearchText("hgu95av2.db", "Description", c("kinase", "interferon"))
         aafSearchText("hgu95av2.db", c("Gene Ontology", "Pathway"), "ribosome")
     }