read_gmt {ideal} | R Documentation

## Read in a GMT file

### Description

Returns a list of pathways from a GMT file.

### Usage

    read_gmt(gmtfile)

### Arguments

`gmtfile` | A character value, containing the location of the GMT formatted file. It can also be a file found online

### Value

A list of vectors, one for each pathway in the GMT file.

### Examples

    # this example reads in the freely available pathways from wikipathways
    mysigs <- read_gmt(
      "http://data.wikipathways.org/20180910/gmt/wikipathways-20180910-gmt-Homo_sapiens.gmt")
    head(mysigs)
    # see how the gene identifiers are encoded as ENTREZ id

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