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bioperl-1.5.2_004-RCf
/ Bio::Phenotype::Measure

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.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

Christian M. Zmasek

Email: czmasek@gnf.org or cmzmasek@yahoo.com

WWW: http://www.genetics.wustl.edu/eddy/people/zmasek/

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    :