[Biopython] retmax for Entrez.elink
Peter Cock
p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com
Mon May 25 08:47:12 UTC 2015
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Anna Kostikova
<anna.kostikova at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Is it possible to limit the number of returned matches with
> Entrez.elink function?
> something like retmax for Entrez.esearch?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Anna
Hi Anna,
No, there is not a retmax for elink:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25499/#chapter4.ELink
However, there is a retmax for efetch so that might make more
sense if you are doing a linked-search via the history support.
Peter
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