Obtain metadata column names

Extracts names of entries from the meta data.frame.

getFeatureNames(object, of_class = NULL, ...)

Arguments

object

An object of class SPATA2 or, in case of S4 generics, objects of classes for which a method has been defined.

of_class

Character vector. Specify the class(es) a metadata entry must be of for its name to be returned.

...

Used to absorb deprecated arguments or functions.

Value

A named character vector of the variables in the metadata slot (excluding 'sample').