Measure - Representation of context/value(-range)/unit triplets use Bio::Phenotype::Measure; my $measure = Bio::Phenotype::Measure->new( -context => "length", -description => "reduced length in 4(Tas1r3)", -start => 0, -end => 15, -unit => "mm", -comment => "see also Miller et al" ); print $measure->context(); print $measure->description(); print $measure->start(); print $measure->end(); print $measure->unit(); print $measure->comment(); print $measure->to_string(); Measure is for biochemically defined phenotypes or any other types of measures.

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new
Title : new Usage : my $me = Bio::Phenotype::Measure->new( -context => "length", -description => "reduced length in 4(Tas1r3)", -start => 0, -end => 15, -unit => "mm", -comment => "see Miller also et al" ); Function: Creates a new Measure object. Returns : A new Measure object. Args : -context => the context -description => a description -start => the start value -end => the end value -unit => the unit -comment => a comment

init
Title : init() Usage : $measure->init(); Function: Initializes this Measure to all "". Returns : Args :

context
Title : context Usage : $measure->context( "Ca-conc" ); or print $measure->context(); Function: Set/get for the context of this Measure. Returns : The context. Args : The context (optional).

description
Title : description Usage : $measure->description( "reduced in 4(Tas1r3)" ); or print $measure->description(); Function: Set/get for the description of this Measure. Returns : A description. Args : A description (optional).

start
Title : start Usage : $measure->start( 330 ); or print $measure->start(); Function: Set/get for the start value of this Measure. Returns : The start value. Args : The start value (optional).

end
Title : end Usage : $measure->end( 459 ); or print $measure->end(); Function: Set/get for the end value of this Measure. Returns : The end value. Args : The end value (optional).

unit
Title : unit Usage : $measure->unit( "mM" ); or print $measure->unit(); Function: Set/get for the unit of this Measure. Returns : The unit. Args : The unit (optional).

comment
Title : comment Usage : $measure->comment( "see also Miller et al" ); or print $measure->comment(); Function: Set/get for an arbitrary comment about this Measure. Returns : A comment. Args : A comment (optional).

to_string
Title : to_string() Usage : print $measure->to_string(); Function: To string method for Measure objects. Returns : A string representations of this Measure. Args :