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Bio::Phenotype::Measure(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Bio::Phenotype::Measure(3pm)

Bio::Phenotype::Measure - Representation of context/value(-range)/unit triplets

  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();

Measure is for biochemically defined phenotypes or any other types of measures.

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Christian M. Zmasek

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Address:

  Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
  10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive
  San Diego, CA 92121

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.

 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

 Title   : init()
 Usage   : $measure->init();   
 Function: Initializes this Measure to all "".
 Returns : 
 Args    :

 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).

 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).

 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).

 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).

 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).

 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).

 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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