NAME

       Bio::Phenotype::Measure - Representation of context/value(-range)/unit triplets

SYNOPSIS

         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();

DESCRIPTION

       Measure is for biochemically defined phenotypes or any other types of measures.

FEEDBACK

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       rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will
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AUTHOR

       Christian M. Zmasek

       Email: czmasek-at-burnham.org  or  cmzmasek@yahoo.com

       WWW:   http://monochrome-effect.net/

       Address:

         Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
         10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive
         San Diego, CA 92121

APPENDIX

       The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.

   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    :