Method: Bio::PubMed#search

Defined in:
lib/bio/io/pubmed.rb

#search(str) ⇒ Object

This method will be DEPRECATED in the future.

Search the PubMed database by given keywords using entrez query and returns an array of PubMed IDs.

Caution: this method returns the first 20 hits only,

Instead, use of the ‘esearch’ method is strongly recomended.

Implementation details: Since BioRuby 1.5, this method internally uses NCBI EUtils with retmax=20 by using Bio::PubMed#efetch method.

Arguments:

  • id: query string (required)

Returns

array of PubMed IDs



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# File 'lib/bio/io/pubmed.rb', line 142

def search(str)
  warn "Bio::PubMed#search is now a subset of Bio::PubMed#esearch. Using Bio::PubMed#esearch is recommended." if $VERBOSE
  esearch(str, { "retmax" => 20 })
end