as.matrix {limma} | R Documentation

## Turn a Microarray Data Object into a Matrix

### Description

Turn a microarray data object into a numeric matrix by extracting the expression values.

### Usage

    ## S3 method for class 'MAList':
    as.matrix(x,...)

### Arguments

`x` | an object of class `RGList`, `MAList`, `EList`, `MArrayLM`, `marrayNorm`, `PLMset`, `ExpressionSet`, `LumiBatch` or `vsn`.
`...` | additional arguments, not used for these methods.

### Details

These methods extract the matrix of log-ratios, for `MAList` or `marrayNorm` objects, or the matrix of expression values for other expression objects such as `EList` or `ExressionSet`. For `MArrayLM` objects, the matrix of fitted coefficients is extracted.

These methods involve loss of information, so the original data object is not recoverable.

### Value

A numeric matrix.

### Author(s)

Gordon Smyth

### See Also

`as.matrix` in the base package or `exprs` in the Biobase package.

02.Classes gives an overview of data classes used in LIMMA.

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