rnalysis.enrichment.RankedSet.difference

RankedSet.difference(*others: Union[set, FeatureSet]) → FeatureSet

Calculates the set difference of the indices from multiple FeatureSet objects (the indices that appear in the first FeatureSet object but NOT in the other objects).

Parameters

others (FeatureSet, RankedSet or set) – The objects against which the current object will be compared.

Returns

a new FeatureSet with elements in this FeatureSet that are not in the other objects.

Return type

FeatureSet

Examples

>>> from rnalysis import enrichment
>>> en = enrichment.FeatureSet({'WBGene00000001','WBGene00000002','WBGene00000006'}, 'set name')
>>> s = {'WBGene00000001','WBGene00000002','WBGene00000003'}
>>> en2 = enrichment.FeatureSet({'WBGene00000004','WBGene00000001'})
>>> en.difference(s, en2)
>>> print(en)
FeatureSet: set name
{'WBGene00000006'}