printHead               package:limma               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Print the leading rows of a large vector, matrix or data.frame.
     This function is used by 'show' methods for data classes defined
     in LIMMA.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     printHead(x)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: any object

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     If 'x' is a vector with more than 20 elements, then 'printHead(x)'
     prints only the first 5 elements. If 'x' is a matrix or data.frame
     with more than 10 rows, then 'printHead(x)' prints only the first
     5 rows. Any other type of object is printed normally.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Gordon Smyth

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     An overview of classes defined in LIMMA is given in 02.Classes