[BioC] S4 object??
James W. MacDonald
jmacdon at med.umich.edu
Thu Oct 22 15:31:24 CEST 2009
What is the output from sessionInfo(), and what do you get if you run
traceback() right after the error?
Jim
Wendy Chen wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Even without creating the ExpressionSet I get the same error at the
> lmFit step:
>
> library(limma)
> library("Biobase")
> data <- read.table("c:/temp/data.txt",header=T,row.names=1)
> ExpressionData <- as.matrix(data[,c(2,3,4,6,7,8)])
> design <-cbind(WT=1,P=c(0,1,1,0,1,1),G=c(0,1,0,0,1,0))
> fit <-lmFit(eset,design)
> Error in possibleExtends(cl, class2, class1Def, class2Def) :
> trying to get slot "subclasses" from an object (class
> "classRepresentation") that is not an S4 object
>
> I am suspecting I did not install something properly as I have done all
> those commands before changing to a new computer and it all worked fine.
> I have since tried re-installing everything but nothing works. Any idea
> what does that error message mean?
>
> Regards,
> Wendy
>
> <http://punni3.blogspot.com/>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* James W. MacDonald <jmacdon at med.umich.edu>
> *To:* Wendy Chen <wenehc at yahoo.com.sg>
> *Cc:* bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch
> *Sent:* Thu, October 22, 2009 9:12:09 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [BioC] S4 object??
>
> Hi Wendy,
>
> Wendy Chen wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> > I have loaded the LIMMA and Biobase package and tried these commands:
> >
> >
> > library(limma) library("Biobase") data <-
> > read.table("c:/temp/data.txt",header=T,row.names=1) ExpressionData <-
> > as.matrix(data[,c(2,3,4,6,7,8)]) eset <- new("ExpressionSet", exprs =
> > ExpressionData) design <-
> > cbind(WT=1,P=c(0,1,1,0,1,1),G=c(0,1,0,0,1,0)) fit <-
> > lmFit(eset,design)
> >
> > But I keep getting an eroor message after "lmFit" that says: Error in
> > possibleExtends(cl, class2, class1Def, class2Def) : trying to get
> > slot "subclasses" from an object (class "classRepresentation") that
> > is not an S4 object
> >
> > I am using R-2.9.2. Whats happening now? I have done exactly the same
> > commands in another computer and it works fine. I forgot which R
> > version it was. But after installing the latest version nothing
> > works. Pls advice...
>
> I'm not sure why you get that error, but I would imagine it has
> something to do with the ExpressionSet you are creating. Note that limma
> will take any number of objects as input, including a matrix, so you
> don't need to create an ExpressionSet anyway.
>
> Usage:
>
>
> lmFit(object,design=NULL,ndups=1,spacing=1,block=NULL,correlation,weights=NULL,method="ls",...)
>
>
> Arguments:
>
> object: object of class 'numeric', 'matrix', 'MAList', 'EList',
> 'marrayNorm', 'ExpressionSet' or 'PLMset' containing
> log-ratios or log-values of expression for a series of
> microarrays
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> >
> > Regards, Wendy
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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James W. MacDonald, M.S.
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Douglas Lab
University of Michigan
Department of Human Genetics
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