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Function to get a spatial location data.table

Usage

getSpatialLocations(
  gobject,
  spat_unit = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  output = c("spatLocsObj", "data.table"),
  copy_obj = TRUE,
  verbose = TRUE,
  set_defaults = TRUE
)

Arguments

gobject

giotto object

spat_unit

spatial unit (e.g. "cell")

name

name of spatial locations (defaults to first name in spatial_locs slot, e.g. "raw")

output

what object type to get the spatial locations as. Default is as a 'spatLocsObj'. Returning as 'data.table' is also possible.

copy_obj

whether to copy/duplicate when getting the object (default = TRUE)

verbose

be verbose

set_defaults

set default spat_unit and feat_type. Change to FALSE only when expression and spat_info are not expected to exist.

Value

data.table with coordinates or spatLocsObj depending on output