readAnnotationFile: Read in biological annotation files from external file
Description
This function reads in a biological annotation file detailing the
functional classes for a given set of genes from a comma separated file.
Usage
readAnnotationFile(filename)
Arguments
filename
The name of the external file. The values must be
comma separated.
Value
Returns a list where each item in the list is the set of genes
belonging to a particular functional class. This can be converted to a
TRUE/FALSE matrix using the annotationListToMatrix
function, though it is not necessary to do this prior to using
clValid.
Details
The required format is comma separated, with
the first column indicating the biological functional category, and
the remaining columns containing the gene identifiers for those genes
belonging to that category.