readSamples {readat} | R Documentation

## Read SomaLogic Sample Submission Samples File

### Description

Read SomaLogic Sample Submission Samples File

### Usage

    readSamples(file = "samples.csv")

### Arguments

`file` | A string denoting the path to an input CSV file. See Input file specification section.

### Value

A `data.table` with 96 rows and 2 columns.

PlatePosition

  A letter followed by a number, constructed from the Subarray ("A" for 1, "B" for 2, etc.) and the slide number from 1 to 12.

SampleId

  9 digits.

### Input file specification

A CSV file without a header line containing up to 96 rows and at least two columns as follows.

1. Plate positions. Not all positions need to be included, and they don't need to be in order.

2. Samples IDs in the form of 9 digits, or "NO READ".

Additional columns are ignored.

### See Also

`readSlides`, `readComments`, and `readControls` for reading other submission forms and `writeSampleSubmissionForm` for usage examples.

### Examples

    # See ?writeSampleSubmissionForm for a more complete example
    withr::with_dir(
      system.file("extdata", package = "readat"),
      {
        (samples <- readSamples())
      }
    )

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