cdfToApdMap {aroma.apd}R Documentation

Generates an APD read map file from an Affymetrix CDF file

Description

Generates an APD read map file from an Affymetrix CDF file.

Usage

## Default S3 method:
cdfToApdMap(filename, mapType=NULL, mapFile=NULL, mapPath=NULL, ..., verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

filename The pathname of the CDF file.
mapType A character string naming the type of the map. If NULL, the chip type will be used.
mapFile The filename of the resulting APD map file. If NULL, the map type with filename extension apm will be used.
mapPath An optional path where to the map file will be stored.
... Additional arguments passed to readCdfUnitsWriteMap, e.g. units.
verbose A Verbose object.

Value

Returns (invisibly) a list structure with elements:

pathname The pathname of the generated APD map file.
mapType The map type character string.
chipType The chip type character string.
readMap The generated read map integer vector.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson (http://www.braju.com/R/)

See Also

To read an APD map file, see readApdMap().


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