validate.data {SIAMCAT} | R Documentation

## Validate samples in labels, features, and metadata

### Description

This function checks if labels are available for all samples in features. Additionally validates metadata, if available.

### Usage

    validate.data(siamcat, verbose = 1)

### Arguments

`siamcat` | an object of class siamcat-class
`verbose` | control output: `0` for no output at all, `1` for only information about progress and success, `2` for normal level of information and `3` for full debug information, defaults to `1`

### Details

This function validates the data by checking that labels are available for all samples in the feature matrix. Furthermore, the number of samples per class is checked to ensure a minimum number. If metadata is available, the overlap between labels and metadata is checked as well.

### Value

an object of class siamcat-class with validated data

### Examples

        data(siamcat_example)
        # simple working example
        siamcat_validated <- validate.data(siamcat_example)

[Package SIAMCAT version 1.0.0 Index]