readCodelink            package:codelink            R Documentation

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

     Read data exported as text by Codelink Software. It reads values
     (normalized by Codelink Software or not) flags and information
     about probes.

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

         readCodelink(files=list.files(pattern="TXT"), sample.name=NULL,
             flag=list(M=NA, I=NA, C=NA), dec=NULL, type="Spot",     preserve=FALSE,
             verbose=2, file.type="Codelink", check=TRUE, fix=FALSE)

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

   files: list of files to read.

sample.name: vector of same length as files with sample names.

    flag: list with values to assign based on Flag quality values.

     dec: character indicating the decimal character used in the files.

    type: character indicating which base value to read from files.

preserve: logical, if TRUE Bkgd_stdev slot is not removed (if present).

 verbose: numerical, set the level of information. Level 2 set as old
          behaviour. Level > 2 output some debug info.

file.type: exported file type, currently Codelink or XLS file formats
          supported.

   check: logical, check for probe order consistency.

     fix: logical, try to fix probe order consistency.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

_V_a_l_u_e:

     An object of class "Codelink".

_N_o_t_e:

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Diego Diez

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

     'read.table'

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

         ## NOT RUN ##
         #files <- list.files(pattern="TXT")
         #data <- readCodelink(files)
         #############

     #    data(codelink.example)
         # codelink.example

