egquery {reutils}

egquery - performing a global Entrez search

Description

egquery retrieves the number of records in all Entrez databases for a single text query.

Usage

egquery(term)

Arguments

term

A valid Entrez text query.

Details

See the official online documentation for NCBIs EUtilities for additional information.

Value

An egquery object.

Examples

## Determine the number of records for mouse in Entrez.
e <- egquery("mouse[orgn]")
e