Bio::Phenotype Measure
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Summary
Measure - Representation of context/value(-range)/unit triplets
Package variables
No package variables defined.
Included modules
Bio::Root::Object
Inherit
Bio::Root::Root
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.
Methods
commentDescriptionCode
contextDescriptionCode
descriptionDescriptionCode
endDescriptionCode
initDescriptionCode
newDescriptionCode
startDescriptionCode
to_stringDescriptionCode
unitDescriptionCode
Methods description
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 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).
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 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).
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 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).
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 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).
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 Title   : init()
Usage : $measure->init();
Function: Initializes this Measure to all "".
Returns :
Args :
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 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
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 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).
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 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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 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).
Methods code
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sub comment {
    my ( $self, $value ) = @_;

    if ( defined $value ) {
        $self->{ "_comment" } = $value;
    }
   
    return $self->{ "_comment" };
    
} # comment
}
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sub context {
    my ( $self, $value ) = @_;

    if ( defined $value ) {
        $self->{ "_context" } = $value;
    }
   
    return $self->{ "_context" };
    
} # context
}
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sub description {
    my ( $self, $value ) = @_;

    if ( defined $value ) {
        $self->{ "_description" } = $value;
    }
   
    return $self->{ "_description" };
    
} # description
}
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sub end {
    my ( $self, $value ) = @_;

    if ( defined $value ) {
        $self->{ "_end" } = $value;
    }
   
    return $self->{ "_end" };
    
} # end
}
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sub init {
    my( $self ) = @_;

    $self->context( "" );
    $self->description( "" );
    $self->start( "" );
    $self->end( "" );
    $self->unit( "" );
    $self->comment( "" );
  
} # init
}
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sub new {
    my( $class, @args ) = @_;
    
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new( @args );

    my ( $con, $desc, $start, $end, $unit, $comment )
    = $self->_rearrange( [ qw( CONTEXT
                               DESCRIPTION
                               START
                               END
                               UNIT
                               COMMENT ) ], @args );

    $self->init(); 
 
    $con     && $self->context( $con );
    $desc    && $self->description( $desc );
    $start   && $self->start( $start );
    $end     && $self->end( $end );
    $unit    && $self->unit( $unit );
    $comment && $self->comment( $comment );
                           
    return $self;
    
} # new
}
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sub start {
    my ( $self, $value ) = @_;

    if ( defined $value ) {
        $self->{ "_start" } = $value;
    }
   
    return $self->{ "_start" };
    
} #  start
}
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sub to_string {
    my ( $self ) = @_;

    my $s = "";
    
    $s .= "-- Context:\n";
    $s .= $self->context()."\n";
    $s .= "-- Description:\n";
    $s .= $self->description()."\n";
    $s .= "-- Start:\n";
    $s .= $self->start()."\n";
    $s .= "-- End:\n";
    $s .= $self->end()."\n";
    $s .= "-- Unit:\n";
    $s .= $self->unit()."\n";
    $s .= "-- Comment:\n";
    $s .= $self->comment();
    
    return $s;
    
} # to_string
1;
}
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sub unit {
    my ( $self, $value ) = @_;

    if ( defined $value ) {
        $self->{ "_unit" } = $value;
    }
   
    return $self->{ "_unit" };
    
} # unit
}
General documentation
FEEDBACKTop
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User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other
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Reporting BugsTop
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track
the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via email
or the web:
  bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org
http://bugzilla.bioperl.org/
AUTHORTop
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
APPENDIXTop
The rest of the documentation details each of the object
methods.