\Header{controlStatus}{Get Spot Status from Spot Types}
\keyword{IO}{controlStatus}
\begin{Description}\relax
Determine the type (or status) of each spot in the gene list.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
controlStatus(types, genes)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{types}] dataframe containing spot type specifiers, usually input using \code{readSpotTypes}
\item[\code{genes}] dataframe containing gene IDs and Names, or an \code{RGList} or \code{MAList} containing this dataframe
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
This function matches up the regular expressions associated with spot types with the gene list.
\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
Character vector specifying the type (or status) of each spot on the array\end{Value}
\begin{Author}\relax
Gordon Smyth
\end{Author}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
An overview of LIMMA functions for reading data is given in \link{3.ReadingData}.
\end{SeeAlso}

