as.matrix {edgeR} | R Documentation

## Turn a DGEList Object into a Matrix

### Description

Coerce a digital gene expression object into a numeric matrix by extracting the count values.

### Usage

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

### Arguments

`x` | an object of class `DGEList`.
`...` | additional arguments, not used for these methods.

### Details

This method extracts the matrix of counts.

This involves 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 `as.matrix` in the limma package.

[Package edgeR version 3.20.9 Index]