Collapse a vector of gene names

collapseGenes(
  x,
  sort = TRUE,
  dedup = TRUE,
  format = "_",
  sep = ", ",
  last = " and ",
  numeric = TRUE,
  width = Inf,
  ...
)

Arguments

x: character vector representing gene names
sort: logical(1) Should the names be sorted alphabetically
dedup: logical(1) Should duplicate names be removed
format: character string for markdown formatting of each element
sep: separator between vector elements
last: character string to place before the last element
numeric: logical(1) sort digits numerically, instead of as strings
width: The maximum width of the string before truncating to ...
...: passed to str_sort

Value

a glue object

Details

Convenience function to collapse a vector of gene names into a character/glue object of length 1. By default, symbols are deduplicated, sorted alpha-numerically and italicised with an underscore.

Examples

genes <- c("FOXP3", "BRCA1", "TP53")
collapseGenes(genes)
#> _BRCA1_, _FOXP3_ and _TP53_