readComments {readat} | R Documentation

## Read SomaLogic Sample Submission Comments File

### Description

Read SomaLogic Sample Submission Comments File

### Usage

    readComments(file = "comments.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.

SampleNotes

  Either "red", "yellow", "turbid", "red, turbid", or "yellow, turbid", or no notes.

AssayNotes

  Free text describing assay notes, particularly problems.

### Input file specification

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

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

2. Sample notes. Either "red", "yellow", "turbid", "red, turbid", or "yellow, turbid", or no notes.

3. Assay notes. Free text.

### See Also

`readSlides`, `readControls`, and `readSamples` 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"),
      {
        (comments <- readComments())
      }
    )

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