listFilters {biomaRt}R Documentation

lists the filters available in the selected dataset

Description

lists the filters available in the selected dataset

Usage

listFilters(mart, group, category, showGroups = FALSE, showType = FALSE)

Arguments

mart object of class Mart, containing connections to the BioMart database. You have to create such an object using the function useMart and update this Mart object by selecting a dataset.
group Show only the filters that belong to the specified filter group. To get an overview of the filter groups set showGroups = TRUE or use the filterSummary function for a summary
category Show only the filters that belong to the specified filter category. To get a summary of the filter category set showGroups = TRUE or use the filterSummary function for a summary
showGroups boolean to indicate if one wants to display the filter categories and groups along with their names and descriptions
showType boolean to indicate if one wants to display the type of filter (boolean, text,list) along with their names and descriptions. This is especially useful to see wether a filter is a boolean or not.

Author(s)

Steffen Durinck

Examples


if(interactive()){
#marts <- listMarts()
#index<-grep("ensembl",marts)

#mart <- useMart(marts[index])
#datasets <- listDatasets(mart)
#mart <- useDataset(datasets[1],mart = mart)
#filters <- listFilters(mart)
#filters[1:10]
#martDisconnect(mart = mart)
}

[Package biomaRt version 1.10.1 Index]