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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/methods-CollectionWithMetadata.R
+\name{getMetadataVariableSummary}
+\alias{getMetadataVariableSummary}
+\alias{getMetadataVariableSummary,CollectionWithMetadata-method}
+\title{Get Summary of Metadata Variables}
+\usage{
+getMetadataVariableSummary(object, variable)
+
+\S4method{getMetadataVariableSummary}{CollectionWithMetadata}(object, variable)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{object}{An object with a slot containing sampleMetadata}
+
+\item{variable}{A character vector representing the name of the metadata variable to summarize}
+}
+\value{
+a table summarizing the values of the requested metadata variable
+}
+\description{
+Get a summary of the requested metadata variable in an object containing sample metadata.
+}