the ID mapping library. If it is provided, the parameter "species" will be ignored.
species
the species of the chip designed for. If users do not know it, it can be set as "Unknown".
chipVersion
chipVersion information returned by function getChipInfo
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other parameters of getChipInfo
Details
When the parameter "chipVersion" is not provided, this function basically returned the "idMapping" item returned by function getChipInfo.
Value
The mapping information from Illumina ID to nuID. It will be a matrix with each column corresponding to one matched manifest file when parameter "returnAllMatches" is TRUE. In this case, the columns are sorted from the best match to worst. If IlluminaID is NULL and chipVersion is provided, it will return all mapping information of the chip.