Bio::Phenotype::Measure(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Bio::Phenotype::Measure(3pm)
NAME
Bio::Phenotype::Measure - Representation of context/value(-range)/unit triplets
SYNOPSIS
use Bio::Phenotype::Measure;
my $measure = Bio::Phenotype::Measure->new( -context => "length",
-description => "reduced length in 4(Tas1r3)",
-start => 0,
-end => 15,
-unit => "mm",
-comment => "see also Miller et al" );
print $measure->context();
print $measure->description();
print $measure->start();
print $measure->end();
print $measure->unit();
print $measure->comment();
print $measure->to_string();
DESCRIPTION
Measure is for biochemically defined phenotypes or any other types of measures.
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AUTHOR
Christian M. Zmasek
Email: czmasek-at-burnham.org or cmzmasek@yahoo.com
WWW: http://monochrome-effect.net/
Address:
Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
new
Title : new
Usage : my $me = Bio::Phenotype::Measure->new( -context => "length",
-description => "reduced length in 4(Tas1r3)",
-start => 0,
-end => 15,
-unit => "mm",
-comment => "see Miller also et al" );
Function: Creates a new Measure object.
Returns : A new Measure object.
Args : -context => the context
-description => a description
-start => the start value
-end => the end value
-unit => the unit
-comment => a comment
init
Title : init()
Usage : $measure->init();
Function: Initializes this Measure to all "".
Returns :
Args :
context
Title : context
Usage : $measure->context( "Ca-conc" );
or
print $measure->context();
Function: Set/get for the context of this Measure.
Returns : The context.
Args : The context (optional).
description
Title : description
Usage : $measure->description( "reduced in 4(Tas1r3)" );
or
print $measure->description();
Function: Set/get for the description of this Measure.
Returns : A description.
Args : A description (optional).
start
Title : start
Usage : $measure->start( 330 );
or
print $measure->start();
Function: Set/get for the start value of this Measure.
Returns : The start value.
Args : The start value (optional).
end
Title : end
Usage : $measure->end( 459 );
or
print $measure->end();
Function: Set/get for the end value of this Measure.
Returns : The end value.
Args : The end value (optional).
unit
Title : unit
Usage : $measure->unit( "mM" );
or
print $measure->unit();
Function: Set/get for the unit of this Measure.
Returns : The unit.
Args : The unit (optional).
comment
Title : comment
Usage : $measure->comment( "see also Miller et al" );
or
print $measure->comment();
Function: Set/get for an arbitrary comment about this Measure.
Returns : A comment.
Args : A comment (optional).
to_string
Title : to_string()
Usage : print $measure->to_string();
Function: To string method for Measure objects.
Returns : A string representations of this Measure.
Args :
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