getData {RTCGAToolbox} | R Documentation

## Extract data from FirehoseData object

### Description

A go-to function for getting top level information from a `FirehoseData` object. Available datatypes for a particular object can be seen by entering the object name in the console ('show' method).

### Usage

    getData(object, type, platform)

### Arguments

`object` | A `FirehoseData` object
`type` | A data type to be extracted
`platform` | An index for data types that may come from multiple platforms (such as mRNAArray), for GISTIC data, one of the options: 'AllByGene' or 'ThresholdedByGene'

### Value

Returns matrix or data.frame depending on data type

### Examples

    data(RTCGASample)
    getData(RTCGASample, "clinical")
    getData(RTCGASample, "RNASeqGene")

[Package RTCGAToolbox version 2.12.1 Index]