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readFile

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Read raw experimental data from a file. This function reads the data from specified (excel,log, txt etc) file and store it in a data frame.

Description

Read raw experimental data from a file. This function reads the data from specified (excel,log, txt etc) file and store it in a data frame.

Usage

readFile(filename, separator, sheet, noofrows_skip, readplates,
  numberofrowsperplate, platetype)

Arguments

`filename`	Filename.ext.
`separator`	Any character (, ; ' etc.) that is used as a separator in specified file.
`sheet`	Need to use only when reading excel files. It is the number of the excel sheet to be read in a worksheet.
`noofrows_skip`	Number of the rows in the file that should be skipped before starting the data reading.
`readplates`	Number of the plates that you want to read from a set of plates in a file. This parameter can only be used with excel files. Otherwise it will be ignored.
`numberofrowsperplate`	It is calculated on the basis of type of plates, that is, number of rows per plates are 17 for 384 well plates (16 lines from plates + 1 header lines) and 9 for 96 well plates (8 lines from plates + 1 header lines).
`platetype`	Either 384 or 96.

Value

Data frame of data in the file.

Author(s)

Muhammad Kashif

Examples

f <- system.file("/raw/optima.log", package="COMBIA")
fileDF <- readFile(filename = f, separator = ",",sheet=4, noofrows_skip=3,
readplates=1, numberofrowsperplate=17, platetype="384")

Results


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> library(COMBIA)
Loading required package: hash
hash-2.2.6 provided by Decision Patterns

Loading required package: gdata
gdata: read.xls support for 'XLS' (Excel 97-2004) files ENABLED.

gdata: read.xls support for 'XLSX' (Excel 2007+) files ENABLED.

Attaching package: 'gdata'

The following object is masked from 'package:stats':

    nobs

The following object is masked from 'package:utils':

    object.size

The following object is masked from 'package:base':

    startsWith

Loading required package: lattice
Loading required package: latticeExtra
Loading required package: RColorBrewer
Loading required package: oro.nifti
oro.nifti 0.5.2
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_CC/result/COMBIA/readFile.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: readFile
> ### Title: Read raw experimental data from a file. This function reads the
> ###   data from specified (excel,log, txt etc) file and store it in a data
> ###   frame.
> ### Aliases: readFile
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> f <- system.file("/raw/optima.log", package="COMBIA")
> fileDF <- readFile(filename = f, separator = ",",sheet=4, noofrows_skip=3,
+ readplates=1, numberofrowsperplate=17, platetype="384")
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> dev.off()
null device 
          1 
>