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\name{paste}
\alias{paste}
\title{Concatenate strings}
\description{
\code{paste} concatenates vectors of strings or vector-like
objects containing strings.
NOTE: This man page is for the \code{paste} \emph{S4 generic function}
defined in the \pkg{BiocGenerics} package.
See \code{?base::\link[base]{paste}} for the default method
(defined in the \pkg{base} package).
Bioconductor packages can define specific methods for objects
(typically vector-like objects containing strings) not supported by
the default method.
}
\usage{
paste(..., sep=" ", collapse=NULL)
}
\arguments{
\item{...}{
One or more vector-like objects containing strings.
}
\item{sep, collapse}{
See \code{?base::\link[base]{paste}} for a description of
these arguments.
}
}
\value{
See \code{?base::\link[base]{paste}} for the value returned by the
default method.
Specific methods defined in Bioconductor packages will typically
return an object of the same class as the input objects.
}
\seealso{
\itemize{
\item \code{base::\link[base]{paste}} for the default \code{paste} method.
\item \code{\link[methods]{showMethods}} for displaying a summary of the
methods defined for a given generic function.
\item \code{\link[methods]{selectMethod}} for getting the definition of
a specific method.
\item \link[IRanges]{paste,Rle-method} in the \pkg{IRanges} package
for an example of a specific \code{paste} method (defined for
\link[IRanges]{Rle} objects).
\item \link{BiocGenerics} for a summary of all the generics defined
in the \pkg{BiocGenerics} package.
}
}
\examples{
paste
showMethods("paste")
selectMethod("paste", "ANY") # the default method
}
\keyword{methods}
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