parseDCF {imageHTS} | R Documentation

## Parse a DCF file

### Description

Parse a DCF file.

### Usage

    parseDCF(filename)

### Arguments

`filename` | A character string containing the path to a DCF file.

### Details

The DCF format is a simple text format where each line is a field of the form \'a: a_0, a_1, ..., a_n\': `a` is the field name and `ak` the k-th value of `a`. Field name is separated from values by a colon \':\'. Field values are separated from each other by a comma \',\'.

`readHTS` with format `dcf` is a higher-level function that parses a specific DCF file from a given imageHTS project.

### Value

A list of character vector, containing the DCF read fields.

### Author(s)

Gregoire Pau, gregoire.pau@embl.de, 2010

### See Also

`readHTS`

### Examples

    imageconf = system.file('submorph/conf/imageconf.txt', package='imageHTS')
    parseDCF(imageconf)

[Package imageHTS version 1.36.0 Index]