joinDatasetFiles          package:RNAither          R Documentation

_J_o_i_n _d_a_t_a_s_e_t _f_i_l_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Merges two or more dataset files into one, with one common header.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     joinDatasetFiles(listOfFiles, nbOfLinesInHeader, newHead, outputFile)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

listOfFiles: a list of the names of the files to join 

nbOfLinesInHeader: typically 3 

 newHead: the new header 

outputFile: the name of the file to save the header and concatenated
          dataset in 

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'generateDatasetFile', 'joinDatasets'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(exampleHeader, package="RNAither")
     data(exampleDataset, package="RNAither")
     saveDataset(header, dataset, "save_testfile1.txt")

     header[[1]] <- "external_experiment_name,Test screen"
     header[[2]] <- "comments,contains twice Screen Nb 1"

     joinDatasetFiles(list( "save_testfile1.txt", "save_testfile1.txt"), 3, header, 
     "concatenated_testfile.txt")

