A simple union class of character and numeric. Objects will be created internally whenever necessary and the user should not need to explicitly interact with this class.

Objects from the Class

A virtual Class: No objects may be created from it.

Examples

showClass("characterOrNumeric")
#> Virtual Class "characterOrNumeric" [package "flowCore"] #> #> No Slots, prototype of class "character" #> #> Known Subclasses: #> Class "character", directly #> Class "numeric", directly #> Class "signature", by class "character", distance 2 #> Class "className", by class "character", distance 2 #> Class "ObjectsWithPackage", by class "character", distance 2 #> Class "integer", by class "numeric", distance 2 #> Class "double", by class "numeric", distance 2 #> Class "factor", by class "numeric", distance 3 #> Class "ordered", by class "numeric", distance 4