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Hexbin plots for single cell omics data

v1.26.0 · software · GPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.10 · Oct 30, 2019

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 14 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Builds hexbin plots for variables and dimension reduction stored in single cell omics data such as SingleCellExperiment. The ideas used in this package are based on the excellent work of Dan Carr, Nicholas Lewin-Koh, Martin Maechler and Thomas Lumley.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

30 9 exported

Complexity

3.4 avg / 15 max

Call network

30 nodes / 31 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

3,501

Files

69

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,687 (48.2%)Tests 658 (18.8%)Docs 753 (21.5%)Vignettes 403 (11.5%)

API

Exported functions

10

Internal functions

21

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.39

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["github-actions"]

PR gated

Yes

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

18

Dep constraint coverage

16.7%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

14

First release

2019-12-19

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

9

LOC over versions

v3.10: 2,962 LOCv3.11: 5,062 LOCv3.12: 5,062 LOCv3.13: 5,035 LOCv3.14: 4,946 LOCv3.15: 4,946 LOCv3.16: 4,946 LOCv3.17: 4,946 LOCv3.18: 3,501 LOCv3.19: 3,501 LOCv3.20: 3,501 LOCv3.21: 3,501 LOCv3.22: 3,501 LOCv3.23: 3,501 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 252 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
0%

Topics

Depended on by (3)

Bioconductor (3)

People

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Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("schex")
Freytag, S., Huang, J., Peng, Z., & Tang, W. (2026). schex: Hexbin plots for single cell omics data (Version 1.26.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/schex

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for schex version 1.26.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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