makeProbeAnno {Starr} | R Documentation

## Creating a probeAnno object

### Description

Creates a probeAnno object (package: Ringo) from a given Affymetrix bpmap file or a Nimblegen POS file. The posToProbeAnno function from the Ringo package is called to build the object.

### Usage

    makeProbeAnno(posFile=NULL, bpmap=NULL, probeIDAsStrings=F)

### Arguments

`posFile` | path to the POS file
`bpmap` | Either a list, created by the function readBpmap() from the affy package, or a path to the bpmap file.
`probeIDAsStrings` | should the mapping of the probes to the rows in the assayData be integers or characters.

### Author(s)

Benedikt Zacher zacher@lmb.uni-muenchen.de

### See Also

`posToProbeAnno`,`readBpmap`

[Package Starr version 1.40.0 Index]