R/symbolToR.R
symbolToR.Rd
This function reversibly converts HGNC gene symbols to valid R names by prepending "symbol.", and making the following substitutions: "-" to "hyphen", "@" to "ampersand", and "/" to "forwardslash".
symbolToR(x)
vector of HGNC symbols
a vector of valid R names, of the same length as x, which can be converted to the same HGNC symbols using the rToSymbol function.